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Indinavir


Indinavir
Systematic (IUPAC) name
1-[2-hydroxy-4- [(2-hydroxy-2,3-dihydro- 1H-inden-1-yl) carbamoyl]-5-phenyl-pentyl]-4- (pyridin-3-ylmethyl)- N-tert-butyl-piperazine-2-carboxamide
Identifiers
CAS number	150378-17-9
ATC code	J05AE02
PubChem	5362440
DrugBank	APRD00069
Chemical data
Formula	C₃₆H₄₇N₅O₄
Mol. mass	613.79 g/mol
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability	?
Protein binding	60%
Metabolism	Hepatic via CYP3A4
Half life	1.8 (± 0.4) hours
Excretion	?
Therapeutic considerations
Licence data	US
Pregnancy cat.	C(US)
Legal status
Routes	Oral

Indinavir (IDV; trade name Crixivan, manufactured by Merck) is a protease inhibitor used as a component of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) to treat HIV infection and AIDS.

History

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved indinavir March 13, 1996, making it the eighth approved antiretroviral. Indinavir was much more powerful than any prior antiretroviral drug; using it with dual NRTIs set the standard for treatment of HIV/AIDS and raised the bar on design and introduction of subsequent antiretroviral drugs. Protease inhibitors changed the very nature of the AIDS epidemic from one of a terminal illness to a somewhat manageable one.

Increasingly, it is being replaced by newer drugs that are more convenient to take and less likely to promote resistant virus, such as lopinavir or atazanavir.

Administration

Unfortunately, indinavir wears off quickly after dosing and therefore requires dosing very precisely every eight hours in order to thwart HIV from forming drug resistant mutations including resistances to other protease inhibitors. It has restrictions on what sorts of food may be eaten concurrently.

Side effects

Side effects include

Kidney stones
Metabolic abnormalities including hyperlipidemia (cholesterol or triglyceride elevations)
Bizarre alterations in body shape known as lipodystrophy

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Antivirals used against HIV (HAART) (primarily J05)

Nucleoside & Nucleotide Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTI)	Abacavir (ABC)° • Dexelvucitabine^§ • Emtricitabine° • Lamivudine (3TC)° • Tenofovir° • Didanosine • Zidovudine (AZT) • Apricitabine^† • Stampidine^† • Elvucitabine^† • Racivir^† • Amdoxovir^† • Stavudine^‡ • Zalcitabine^‡

Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NNRTI)	Ateviridine^§ • Capravirine^§ • Efavirenz° • Emivirine^§ • Lodenosine^§ • Nevirapine • Etravirine • Rilpivirine^† • Loviride^‡ • Delavirdine^‡ • Quinotaline^§

Protease Inhibitors (PI)	Atazanavir° • Brecanavir^§ • Fosamprenavir° • Lopinavir° • Darunavir • Nelfinavir • Ritonavir • Saquinavir • Tipranavir • Amprenavir^‡ • Indinavir^‡

Entry/fusion inhibitors	Aplaviroc^§ • Enfuvirtide • Maraviroc • Vicriviroc^† • PRO 140^† • Ibalizumab^†

Integrase inhibitors	Raltegravir • Elvitegravir^†

Maturation inhibitors	Bevirimat^† • Vivecon™^†

Combined formulations	Combivir • Atripla • Trizivir • Truvada • Kaletra • Epzicom

Other & experimental agents	Foscarnet • Hydroxyurea • Synergistic enhancers • Epigallocatechin gallate • Portmanteau inhibitors • Globoidnan A • Griffithsin • Diarylpyrimidines • Calanolide A • Cyanovirin-N • Miltefosine • R-roscovitine^†

°DHHS preferred first-line agent. ^†Undergoing clinical trials, not FDA approved. ^‡Formerly or rarely used agent. ^§Development terminated.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Indinavir". Image Credit.
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Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A protease inhibitor (trade name Crixivan) used for treating HIV.[Wordnet].
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