Antiviral Drugs

Many Anti-viral drugs are anti-metabolites..

1) Those who block viral penetration/ uncoating - Amantadine, Enfurvitide

2) Those who inhibit DNA polymerase - They end in "-clovir"

3) Those who inhibit RNA polymerase - Ribavirin

4) Those who inhibit both DNA and RNA polymerase - Foscarnet

5) Those who inhibit Reverse transcriptase - They end in "-ine" [Exception: Efavirenz which is reverse transcriptase inhibitor and Amantidine which is not]

6) Those who inhibit viral aspartate protease - They end in "-navir"

7) Those who inhibit viral neuraminidase - They end in "-mivir"