DRUG DESIGN

The Concept of Drug Design

The Concept of Drug Design

HIV/AIDS Protease Inhibitor

As HIV disease progresses, drug treatment may be implemented, if available and affordable. Drug treatment centers on antiviral medications. Antiviral drugs work by interrupting the processes required for the virus to enter the T4 cell and to use the cell to replicate. There are several different types of antiviral medications used to treat HIV disease (DiClemente, 2007). Protease inhibitors interrupt the replication cycle of the virus at a later stage in its life cycle. Specifically, these drugs interfere with the protease enzyme that HIV uses to produce infectious viral ...