Fluorouracil: profile and news
Merck cutting developing world AIDS drug price 20 pct 06 Mar 2006
...pandemic. The scheme backed by former President Bill Clinton offers the same drug, known generically as efavirenz, for $240 a year. ... - Reuters.uk,
CROI: early vs delayed Trizivir in TB/HIV coinfected - no ... Mar 2, 2006
Due to its low pill burden and lack of interaction with the TB drug rifampicin, Trizivir has been proposed as an alternative to efavirenz-containing regimens ... - Aidsmap,
AHF Applauds Idaho Medicaid for Placing Restrictions on Glaxo AIDS ... Feb 23, 2006
The study was a comparison between Trizivir alone, and a four-drug (Trizivir + efavirenz) and a three-drug (Combivir + efavirenz) regimen. ... - Yahoo! News (press release)
No aid for city AIDS patients in war over life-saving drugs Mar 3, 2006
ART includes a combination of drugs like Efavirenz, Nevirapine, Zadivudine, Lamivudine and Stafudine, which is initiated on critical AIDS patients with the CD ... - Kolkata Newsline,
Study eases concerns over mental side effects from potent AIDS ... Feb 2, 2006
2, 2006 — The largest detailed, prospective clinical study of the mental side effects of a potent anti-AIDS drug, efavirenz, has revealed that the anxiety ... - News from Washington University in St. Louis,
Advances in First-Line and "Switch" Antiretroviral Strategies for ... Feb 2, 2006
...of HIV infection: (1) zidovudine/lamivudine/abacavir coformulated (triple-nucleoside regimen); (2) zidovudine/lamivudine coformulated and efavirenz (standard-of ... - Medscape (subscription)
CROI: Side effects, especially neuropathy and rash, common but ... Feb 8, 2006
In both settings, the first-line regimen most frequently used was d4T/3TC/nevirapine while a much smaller number of patients used d4T/3TC/efavirenz. ... - Aidsmap,
CROI: Tenofovir and kidney toxicity - low rates seen, but some ... Feb 9, 2006
The only variable in this unusual regimen was that NNRTI-naïve patients received efavirenz while NNRTI-experienced patients received tenofovir as a third NRTI ... - Aidsmap,
CROI News Feature: Experts divided over the future of treatment ... Feb 9, 2006
...zidovudine, Retrovir) and 3TC (lamivudine, Epivir) - alongside the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI), usually efavirenz (Sustiva); the ... - Aidsmap,
ImQuest Gains Dual-Mechanism HIV Compounds From Samjin Feb 28, 2006
...designed to work both by inhibiting reverse transcriptase, the mode of action seen with New York-based Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.’s Sustiva (efavirenz), and by ... - BioWorld Online (subscription),
CROI: abacavir may be safer than nevirapine in Africans Feb 8, 2006
...limited settings, said presenter Dr Paula Munderi, because of its compatibility with TB drugs and because both nevirapine and efavirenz are contraindicated in ... - Aidsmap,
Simplified treatment regimens show promise in HIV-infected ... Feb 6, 2006
...with a once-daily regimen of three anti-HIV drugs comprising ddI (didanosine, Videx / Videx EC), FTC (emtricitabine, Emtriva) and efavirenz (Sustiva) for at ... - Aidsmap,
Add new comment Feb 15, 2006
Apart from Cipla, four companies - three from India and one from South Africa - will make the antiretroviral drug efavirenz for as. ... - Herald Publications,
Anti-Retrovirals in Africa, not a distant dream Feb 9, 2006
Medicine as reported in the Journal The New England Journal of Medicine that Antiretroviral combination drug of Tenofovir, Emtricitabine and Efavirenz is found ... - MedIndia,
Rapid scale-up of HIV treatment in Zambia Feb 7, 2006
The standard first-line drug regimen consisted of AZT (zidovudine) or d4T (stavudine), plus 3TC (lamivudine), plus nevirapine or efavirenz. ... - Aidsmap,
US, Brazil Dispute Patent Protection Feb 24, 2006
...of health began proceedings to issue a compulsory license for the production of three antiretroviral medications: Lopinavir/Ritonavir, Efavirenz, and Nelfinavir ... - The Heartland Institute,
CROI: Lipodystrophy stable in children on HIV treatment and does ... Feb 23, 2006
The investigators replaced d4T with tenofovir and the protease inhibitor with efavirenz, measuring body fat composition using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry ... - Aidsmap,
Medical Report Feb 3, 2006
BOSTON - Anti-HIV treatment consisting of efavirenz (Sustiva) with tenofovir and FTC (Truvada) created significantly more fatty deposits on limbs than for ... - Washington Blade,
Low Prevalence of Dyslipidemia Seen in Children on Non-Nucleoside ... Feb 7, 2006
The researchers also scrutinized the children's response to efavirenz or nevirapine-based treatment. "Children who received nevirapine ... - DG News
Schering-Plough Presents Vicriviroc Clinical Study Results at 13th ... Feb 10, 2006
...in combination with Combivir experienced virologic breakthrough, compared to those who received the control regimen of Combivir and efavirenz, a current ... - DG News
CROI: AZT, 3TC and FTC achieve good concentrations in the female ... Feb 17, 2006
...treated with antiretroviral regimens that included 3TC, AZT, abacavir (Ziagen), ddI (didanosine, Videx), d4T (stavudine, Zerit), efavirenz (Sustiva), lopinavir ... - Aidsmap,
Gilead Sciences Welcomes Guidance From Nice On Treatment Of ... Feb 22, 2006
At doses of adefovir dipivoxil from 60 mg to 120 mg, no interactions with zidovudine, nelfinavir, nevirapine, indinavir, efavirenz, delaviridine, or lamivudine ... - Medical News Today (press release),
Bill Clinton visits pharmaceutical plant in Goa Feb 18, 2006
Strides Arcolab will offer the ARV efavirenz for $240 per patient per year.This price represents savings of more than 30 per cent from current market rates. ... - Webindia123,
70% still on first regimen after 3 years in Khayelitsha, but ... Feb 7, 2006
...therapy. The initial standard regimen consisted of AZT (zidovudine), plus 3TC (lamivudine), plus either nevirapine or efavirenz. ... - Aidsmap,
Adolescents Adherence to HIV Regimens Falls Short of Optimal ... Feb 7, 2006
Dr. Rudy noted it might be possible to predict which of these patients was likely to remain faithful to the prescribed regimen -- either an efavirenz or a ... - DG News
CROI: etravirine (TMC125) and darunavir (TMC114) in treatment ... Feb 13, 2006
The median baseline fold-change in EC 50 (50% maximum effective concentration) to etravirine was 1.7, compared with about 40 for efavirenz (Sustiva) and about ... - Aidsmap,
Schering-Plough Details Progress with HIV Drug Feb 10, 2006
...the drug in combination with Combivir experienced breakthroughs, compared to those who received the control regimen of Combivir and efavirenz, a current ... - Business New Jersey (subscription),
Multi-component drug delivery system: An emerging trend Feb 8, 2006
Non-nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NnRTIs), which include delavirdine (Rescriptor), efavirenz (Sustiva), and nevirapine (Viramune). ... - Express Pharma Pulse,
Management of HIV/HBV Coinfection Feb 8, 2006
He refused regular outpatient care, although he took an efavirenz-based antiretroviral regimen as an outpatient for less than 2 weeks in 2003, stopping because ... - Medscape (subscription)
Other information
Indication
For the topical treatment of multiple actinic or solar keratoses. In the 5% strength it is also useful in the treatment of superficial basal cell carcinomas when conventional methods are impractical, such as with multiple lesions or difficult treatment sites. Fluorouracil injection is indicated in the palliative management of some types of cancer, including colon, rectum, breast, stomach and pancrease.
Pharmacology
Fluorouracil is an antineoplastic anti-metabolite. Anti-metabolites masquerade as purine or pyrimidine - which become the building blocks of DNA. They prevent these substances becoming incorporated in to DNA during the "S" phase (of the cell cycle), stopping normal development and division. Fluorouracil blocks an enzyme which converts the cytosine nucleotide into the deoxy derivative. In addition, DNA synthesis is further inhibited because Fluorouracil blocks the incorporation of the thymidine nucleotide into the DNA strand.
Mechanism Of Action
Fluorouracil inhibits thymidylate synthetase, leading to inhibition of DNA and RNA synthesis and cell death.
Drug Category
Immunosuppressive Agents; Antimetabolites; Antimetabolites; Antineoplastic Agents; ATC:L01BC02
Brand Names/Synonyms
5 Fluorouracil; Adrucil; Arumel; Carac; Carzonal; Effluderm; Efudex; Efudix; Efurix; FT-207; FU; Fluoroblastin; Fluoroplex; Fluorouracil; Fluracil; Fluracilum; Fluri; Fluril; Fluro Uracil; Ftoruracil; Kecimeton; NSC 19893; NSC-19893; Phthoruracil; Phtoruracil; Queroplex; Timazin; U 8953; U-8953; URF; Ulup
Dosage Forms
Topical preparations, Solution for injection
Absorption
28-100%
Interactions
-->Interactions for Fluorouracil:
No information available.
Chemical IUPAC Name
5-fluoro-1H-pyrimidine-2,4-dione
Chemical Formula
C4H3FN2O2
Half Life
10-20 minutes
Drug Type
Approved Drug
# Accession No
APRD00516
CAS Registry Number
51-21-8