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foscarnet
(redirected from Foscavir)

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foscarnet /fos·car·net/ (fos-kahr´net) a virostatic agent used as the sodium salt in the treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis and herpes simplex in immunocompromised patients.
foscarnet
a pyrophosphate analog used as an antiviral agent against herpesviruses.

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50] Virus Foscavir 50-800 [micro]mol/L Cytomegalovirus 5-443 [micro]mol/L Herpes simplex mutants Acyclovir 0.
Approved February 1997 for combination therapy with foscavir and ganciclovir of patients who have relapsed after monotherapy with either drug.
 
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