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StavudineAka: d4T, Zerit
- Mechanism
- Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor
- Inhibits HIV replication
- Pharmacokinetics
- Well absorbed with 83% bioavailability
- Efficacy
- Increases CD4 Counts and suppresses HIV p24 antigenemia
- Doses of 0.1-2.0 mg/day
- Dose related response (better at higher doses)
- Very little resistance currently
- Increases CD4 Counts and suppresses HIV p24 antigenemia
- Dosing
- Stavudine 40 mg PO bid ($224/month)
- Toxicity
- Less Bone Marrow toxicity than Zidovudine (AZT)
- Adverse Effects
- Headache
- Nausea, Vomiting
- Asthenia, confusion
- Serum Aminotransferase elevation
- Creatine Kinase elevation
- Moderate painful sensory Peripheral Neuropathy
- Most serious side effect
- Dose related (may not recur if restart at lower dose)
- Pancreatitis and hyperamylasemia (rare)
Stavudine (C0164662) | |
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| Definition (MSH) | A dideoxynucleoside analog that inhibits reverse transcriptase and has in vitro activity against HIV. |
| Definition (CSP) | nucleoside analog; used as an antiviral agent. |
| Definition (NCI) | A drug that belongs to the family of drugs called nucleoside analogues. It is used to treat infection caused by viruses. |
| Definition (PDQ) | A synthetic nucleoside, analog of didehydro-3-deoxythymidine with potent antiretroviral activity. In vivo, stavudine is phosphorylated by cellular kinases to the active metabolite stavudine triphosphate; this metabolite inhibits the activity of HIV reverse transcriptase both by competing with the natural substrate deoxythymidine triphosphate and by incorporation into viral DNA causing a termination of DNA chain elongation (due to the lack the essential 3'-OH group). Check for "http://www.cancer.gov/Search/ClinicalTrialsLink.aspx?id=41064&idtype=1" active clinical trials or "http://www.cancer.gov/Search/ClinicalTrialsLink.aspx?id=41064&idtype=1&closed=1" closed clinical trials using this agent. ("http://nciterms.nci.nih.gov:80/NCIBrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI_Thesaurus&code=C1428" NCI Thesaurus) |
| Definition (NCI) | A synthetic nucleoside, analog of didehydro-3-deoxythymidine with potent antiretroviral activity. In vivo, stavudine is phosphorylated by cellular kinases to the active metabolite stavudine triphosphate; this metabolite inhibits the activity of HIV reverse transcriptase both by competing with the natural substrate deoxythymidine triphosphate and by incorporation into viral DNA causing a termination of DNA chain elongation (due to the lack the essential 3'-OH group). (NCI04) |
| Concepts | Nucleic Acid, Nucleoside, or Nucleotide (T114) , Pharmacologic Substance (T121) |
| English | 2'3' didehydro 3' deoxythymidine, 2'3' didehydrodeoxythymidine, 3'-Deoxy-2'-thymidinene, D A 004 T, D4T, didehydrodeoxythymidine, DIDEHYDRODEOXYTHYMIDINE 02 03 03, dideoxydidehydrothymidine, Stavudine, STAVUDINE PREPARATION |
| Spanish | estavudina |
| Parent Concepts | 2',3'-Dideoxynucleosides (C0282384), Dideoxynucleosides (C0012136), Thymidine (C0040077), Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (C0282519), Antiviral Agents (C0003451), Stavudine (C0164662), Drug allergen (C1320237), Anti-HIV Agents, Nucleoside and Nucleotide Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (C1579421) |
| Sources | CSP, LNC, MSH, MTHSPL, NCI, NDFRT, PDQ, RXNORM, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT, USPMG, VANDF Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) |
Zerit (C0701312) | |
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| Concepts | Nucleic Acid, Nucleoside, or Nucleotide (T114) , Pharmacologic Substance (T121) |
| English | Bristol-Myers Brand of Stavudine, Bristol-Myers Squibb Brand of Stavudine, Zerit |
| Sources | CSP, MSH, NCI, PDQ, RXNORM Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) |
