Often taken with a "cocktail" of drugs, it is also marketed as Retrovir or Zidovudine.
This compound with formula C10 H13 N5 O4 consists of two heterocyclic rings: a pyrimidine with two carbonyl groups, and a furan with a distinctive side chain of 3 nitrogens. Unlike dTTP, its triphosphate doesn't have a 3-prime hydroxyl group, which is how it interferes with reverse transcriptase. In 1997, it was found to undergo a structural change which reduces its effectiveness, but the related drug d4T does not have this problem. Often taken with a "cocktail" of drugs, it is also marketed as Retrovir or Zidovudine. FTP, name this drug with scientific name azidothymidine, used since 1985 to fight HIV and AIDS?
This compound with formula C10 H13 N5 O4 consists of two heterocyclic rings: a pyrimidine with two carbonyl groups, and a furan with a distinctive side chain of 3 nitrogens.
AZT (accept early azidothymidine or azidodideoxythymidine or Retrovir or Zidovudine)  4