ribavirin
noun
ri·ba·vi·rin
ˌrī-bə-ˈvī-rən 
: a synthetic broad-spectrum antiviral nucleoside C8H12N4O5
Examples of ribavirin in a Sentence
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There is no approved drug for RSV treatment other than the toxic, last resort drug ribavirin, which was not very effective in this lethal study compared to NV-387.
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Miami Herald, 4 June 2024
There is no cure for RSV, and no approved drug for treatment of RSV infection other than the toxic last-resort drug ribavirin.
—Kansas City Star, 29 May 2024
There is no drug approved for RSV treatment, except the last resort toxic drug ribavirin.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2024
He was prescribed a drug cocktail, a combination of interferon and ribavirin, that proved ineffective and gave him severe side effects.
—Abdullahi Tsanni, STAT, 29 June 2023
Interferon 1-b has generally been used to treat multiple sclerosis in the past, while lopinavir-ritonavir and ribavirin have been used to treat HIV and hepatitis C, respectively.
—Fox News, 11 May 2020
Previous research has found that a combination of lopinavir-ritonavir and ribavirin significantly reduced respiratory failure and death in patients with another coronavirus, the SARS virus.
—Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 8 May 2020
Other were randomly assigned to get the lopinavir-ritonavir combination plus the antiviral drug ribavirin and injections of beta interferon.
—Maggie Fox, CNN, 8 May 2020
Orders for antibiotics like azithromycin and antiviral medicines like ribavirin nearly tripled.
—Knvul Sheikh, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2020
Miami Herald, 4 June 2024
There is no cure for RSV, and no approved drug for treatment of RSV infection other than the toxic last-resort drug ribavirin.
—Kansas City Star, 29 May 2024
There is no drug approved for RSV treatment, except the last resort toxic drug ribavirin.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2024
He was prescribed a drug cocktail, a combination of interferon and ribavirin, that proved ineffective and gave him severe side effects.
—Abdullahi Tsanni, STAT, 29 June 2023
Interferon 1-b has generally been used to treat multiple sclerosis in the past, while lopinavir-ritonavir and ribavirin have been used to treat HIV and hepatitis C, respectively.
—Fox News, 11 May 2020
Previous research has found that a combination of lopinavir-ritonavir and ribavirin significantly reduced respiratory failure and death in patients with another coronavirus, the SARS virus.
—Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 8 May 2020
Other were randomly assigned to get the lopinavir-ritonavir combination plus the antiviral drug ribavirin and injections of beta interferon.
—Maggie Fox, CNN, 8 May 2020
Orders for antibiotics like azithromycin and antiviral medicines like ribavirin nearly tripled.
—Knvul Sheikh, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2020
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ribavirin
noun
ri·ba·vi·rin
ˌrī-bə-ˈvī-rən
: a synthetic broad-spectrum antiviral drug C8H12N4O5 that is a nucleoside resembling guanosine
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