cabotegravir
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Cabotegravir, sold under the brand name Vocabria among others, is an antiretroviral medication used for the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS. It is available in the form of tablets and as an intramuscular injection, as well as in an injectable combination with rilpivirine under the brand name Cabenuva.
Key facts
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- Cabotegravir (GSK744).svg
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- skin-invert-image
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- Cabotegravir ball-and-stick model.png
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- Drug.tradename
- Vocabria, Apretude
- Drug.MedlinePlus
- a621010
- Drug.DailyMedID
- Cabotegravir
- Drug.pregnancy_AU
- B1
- Drug.routes_of_administration
- By mouth, intramuscular
- Drug.ATC_prefix
- J05
- Drug.ATC_suffix
- AJ04
- Drug.legal_AU
- S4
- Drug.legal_CA
- Rx-only
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- Rx-only
- Drug.legal_EU
- Rx-only
- Drug.protein_bound
- >99%
- Drug.metabolism
- UGT1A1
- Drug.metabolites
- glucuronide
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Cabotegravir, sold under the brand name Vocabria among others, is an antiretroviral medication used for the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS. It is available in the form of tablets and as an intramuscular injection, as well as in an injectable combination with rilpivirine under the brand name Cabenuva.
It is an integrase inhibitor with a carbamoyl pyridone structure similar to that of dolutegravir.
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