Simple English explanation with example
- Stops HIV from making more copies of itself
- Uses three medicines together in one tablet
- Helps lower the amount of virus in the body
- Supports the immune system by controlling HIV
- Like blocking HIV at more than one step
Scientific explanation
- Contains bictegravir, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide
- Bictegravir inhibits HIV integrase and blocks viral DNA integration
- Emtricitabine and tenofovir inhibit reverse transcriptase
- Combination therapy suppresses viral replication at multiple stages
- Used as complete antiretroviral treatment for HIV-1 infection