NBME 20 Answers : Block 1 : #1 = A 37-year-old nurse is accidentally stuck with a ...

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NRTI's are associated with possible side effects of anemia, granulocytopenia, and myelosuppression.

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fmub Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) block reverse transcriptase (an HIV enzyme). HIV uses reverse transcriptase to convert its RNA into DNA (reverse transcription). Blocking reverse transcriptase and reverse transcription prevents HIV from replicating. +

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