Azidothymidine (AZT) capsules, 100mg
date: label: date made
content: about 1986
notes: label: Description
content: Azidothymidine - AZT - brought the first real hope for treatent. It prolonged some patients' lives by slowing replication of HIV. It was introduced in 1987 under the name Retrovir.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Science
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.0052.02
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0052.02
label: accession number
content: 2011.0052
label: maker number
content: 55555
label: maker number
content: 110487
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pharmaceutical
label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: azidothymidine, 100mg (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 2 in; 6.985 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 cm x 5.5 cm; 2 3/4 in x 2 5/32 in