Stavudine

**Semantic type:** Nucleic Acid, Nucleoside, or Nucleotide|Pharmacologic Substance

**Definition:** A nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor analog of thymidine. Stavudine has been recommended to undergo phase-out management due to its long-term, irreversible side-effects.

**Synonyms:** - 1-(2,3-Dideoxy-beta-glycero-pent-2-enofuranosyl)thymine - 2',3'-Didehydro-3'-deoxythymidine - 3'-Deoxy-2'-thymidinene - 3'-Deoxy-2'-thymidinene - BMY-27857 - Didehydrodeoxythymidine - Dideoxydidehydrothymidine - STAVUDINE - Zerit - d4T - stavudine