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Side effects of antiviral nucleoside analogues

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Antiviral nucleoside analogues inhibit cellular nucleotide polymerases as well as their primary targets which are the viral polymerases or reverse transcriptases. Mitochondrial DNA polymerase (pol-gamma) is particularly sensitive to inhibitions by ANA's.

The common presentations of ANA toxicity include:

  • myopathy, including cardiomyopathy
  • haematological disturbance
  • neuropathy

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