ribavirin
ribavirin
Definition
ri·ba·vi·rin (rī′bə vī′rin)
noun
a synthetic, broad-spectrum antiviral drug, CHNO
ribavirin
Usage Examples
Noun used with modifier
- drug: Polio virus treated with the mutagenic drug ribavirin similarly went extinct [ 2 ] .
Converse of object
- take: You should take ribavirin in the early evening, never later, because it causes sleep disorders.
Preposition: for
- treatment: NICE has issued guidance on peginterferon alfa and ribavirin for the treatment of people with mild chronic hepatitis C within the NHS.
Modifies a noun
- therapy: I lost my driving license because i went nuts while on interferon alpha peg and ribavirin combination therapy.
- combination: I lost my driving license because i went nuts while on interferon alpha peg and ribavirin combination therapy.
- capsule: Chronic type C hepatitis can be treated by a combination of interferon alfa injections and ribavirin capsules.
- dose: The dose of ribavirin to be used in combination with Pegasys is given in Table 1. The ribavirin dose should be administered with food.
- summary: Please refer also to the ribavirin Summary of Product Characteristics ( SPC ) when Pegasys is to be used in combination with ribavirin.
- spc: Caution should be used when adding ViraferonPeg and ribavirin to HAART therapy ( see ribavirin SPC ).
Preposition: in
- patient: The response rate ( monitored by local databases ) for HCV treatment by using combination pegylated interferon and ribavirin in all suitable patients.
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