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Oru-Bo Precious Geoffrey

College of Health Technology, Nigeria

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Research ArticleOpen accessAntiretroviral Toxicity and Oxidative StressAdikwu Elias, Brambaifa Nelson, Deo Oputiri, Oru-Bo Precious GeoffreyAntiretroviral drugs are used for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus, they are used as combination regimens to achieve the highest possible benefit, tolerability, compliance and to diminish the risk of resistance development. Reports from preclinical and clinical studies have linked antiretrovirals with some toxicological effects which could be associated with redox imbalance (oxidative stress). This stimulated us to review … …American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Vol. 8, Issue 4 · 20 Nov 2013 · 8,255 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessNevirapine Hepatotoxicity: Implications of Risk FactorsElias Adikwu, Oputiri Deo, Oru-Bo Precious Geoffrey, D. Akuegbe EnimeyaHighly active antiretroviral therapy is used in the management of HIV/AIDS; it has contributed tremendously in the reduction of mortality and morbidity rate in HIV patients. Despite the outstanding achievement with the use of HAART its major limitation is toxicity. Among these toxicities is hepatotoxicity which is said to be associated with nevirapine containing highly active antiretroviral therapy. Recent reports … …American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 3 Jun 2013 · 7,653 accessesView PDF Cite