Question

The primary healthcare provider prescribes antiviral medication to a human immune deficiency virus–positive client to inhibit the viral enzyme that helps insert viral dna into human dna. which drug is being administered?

Answer 1

The viral enzyme involved in the insertion of viral DNA to the human DNA is the enzyme integrase. The antiretroviral drug actions to inhibit integrase therefore inhibiting the integration of viral DNA to the human DNA and therefore preventing the viral effects of HIV as well as in vivo viral replication. These drugs usually end in the suffix -gravir, i.e. Raltegravir.