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lopinavir

An article from "The Molecules of HIV" (c) Dan Stowell
www.mcld.co.uk/hiv

Lopinavir is a protease inhibitor. It is marketed as Kaletra (which actually also includes ritonavir, a drug which slow's the body's processing of lopinavir and helps maintain the levels of lopinavir in the body).

Lopinavir chemical structure

More information:

AIDSmap factsheet on lopinavir: www.aidsmap.com/treatments/ixdata/english/174a5a56-e346-4fda-aafa-75299bac33c6.htm

Written by
Dan Stowell
(©2002-2006)