A patient's antiretroviral therapy has not been as efficacious as her care team had predicted, and maraviroc (Selzentry) has consequently been added to her drug regimen
The nurse should recognize this drug as belonging to what category of antiretroviral? A) Fusion protein inhibitors
B) Protease inhibitors
C) CCR5 antagonists
D) Integrase strand transfer inhibitors
C
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Currently, maraviroc is the only member of the class of CCR5 antagonists.
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