An antiviral drug that is used to treat serious cytomegalovirus infection in people with an impaired or suppressed immune system as a result of or following organ transplantation.
Side effects include nausea, diarrhoea, abdominal pain, weakness, and bone marrow suppression.
A drug used in the treatment of life- or sight-threatening infection with CYTOMEGALOVIRUS (CMV) in patients whose immune systems (see IMMUNITY) are compromised. Administered by intravenous transfusion, the drug is toxic and should be prescribed only when the potential bene?ts outweigh the risks. It is also used for the prevention of cytomegalovirus infection in patients who have had a liver transplant.
n. an antiviral drug used to treat severe *cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections, including CMV retinitis, in immunocompromised patients and also *dendritic ulcers. Possible side-effects include nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, infertility, confusion, seizures, and disturbance of bone marrow blood-cell production.
a drug effective against viruses that cause disease. Antiviral drugs include *DNA polymerase inhibitors (e.g. *aciclovir, *foscarnet, *ganciclovir), *ribavirin, and *oseltamivir; they are used for treating herpes, cytomegalovirus and respiratory syncytial virus infections, and influenza. Antiviral drugs are also used for treating HIV infection and AIDS (see antiretroviral drug).... antiviral drug
any one of a class of antiviral drugs that inhibit the action of DNA polymerase enzymes, which are used by viruses to form their own DNA. These drugs prevent, to a varying degree, the reproduction of viruses. They include *aciclovir, *foscarnet, *ganciclovir, and *valaciclovir.... dna polymerase inhibitor
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