Isentress (raltegravir) is a new HIV drug in Canada
January 2008
Isentress (raltegravir) is a new HIV drug in Canada.
It's the first in a new class called integrase inhibitors.
HIV integrase is one of three enzymes needed by HIV to reproduce. Older drugs block either of the other two enzymes...reverse transcriptase or protease.
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