Zidovudine Tablet: Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Precautions and Alternates

Name: Zidovudine Tablet: Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Precautions and Alternates
Duration: 4 min 29 s
Description: Zidovudine (also known as AZT) is an antiviral medicine used together with other medicines to treat HIV infection. It does not cure or prevent HIV or AIDS, but it lowers the amount of HIV in the blood and helps the immune system.

Zidovudine Tablet

Generic name	Zidovudine
Drug class	Antiretroviral (nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor)
Forms	Tablet, Capsule, Oral solution/syrup, Injection

Zidovudine (also known as AZT) is an antiviral medicine used together with other medicines to treat HIV infection. It does not cure or prevent HIV or AIDS, but it lowers the amount of HIV in the blood and helps the immune system.

General information

Follow the prescriber and the leaflet that comes with this medicine.