
Psychosomatics 45:524-535, December 2004
© 2004 The Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
Antiretrovirals, Part II: Focus on Non-Protease Inhibitor Antiretrovirals (NRTIs, NNRTIs, and Fusion Inhibitors)
Michael J. Zapor, M.D., Ph.D.,
Kelly L. Cozza, M.D., F.A.P.M.,
Gary H. Wynn, M.D.,
Glenn W. Wortmann, M.D., and
Scott C. Armstrong, M.D.
From the Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center; and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Bethesda, Md. (Drs. Zapor, Cozza, Wynn, and Wortmann). Dr. Armstrong is the Medical Director, Center for Geriatric Psychiatry, Tuality Forest Grove Hospital, Forest Grove, Ore., and Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Ore. Drs. Armstrong and Cozza are co-authors, along with Dr. Jessica R. Oesterheld, of the Concise Guide to Drug Interaction Principles for Medical Practice: Cytochrome P450s, UGTs, P-glycoproteins, 2nd edition. (American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2003). Address all correspondence to Dr. Cozza, Psychiatrist, Infectious Disease Service, Ward 63, Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6900 Georgia Ave., Washington, DC 20307-5001; kelly.cozza{at}na.amedd.army.mil (e-mail).
The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Department of the Army or the Department of Defense.
ABSTRACT
The second in a series reviewing the HIV/AIDS antiretroviral drugs. This review summarizes the non-protease inhibitor antiretrovirals: nucleoside and nucleotide analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), the nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs), and cell membrane fusion inhibitors. In an overview format for primary care physicians and psychiatrists, this review presents the mechanism of action, side effects, toxicities, and drug interactions of these agents.
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