Nevirapine
Nevirapine (Viramune) is a prescription medicine used to treat human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. It belongs to a class of drugs that block an enzyme the virus needs to reproduce.
Key points
- Nevirapine is a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) that blocks the reverse transcriptase enzyme, preventing HIV-1 from making new copies of itself.
- Viramune is the listed brand for nevirapine, marketed by Boehringer Ingelheim, and is available as a 200 mg tablet in this catalogue.
nevirapine is listed for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. It is grouped under HIV Management, where it is used to manage the condition over time.
