Letermovir
Pronounced le-TERM-oh-veer
Brand names: Prevymis
Type: Antiviral (CMV prevention) · All Transplant & Immune Medicines
What Letermovir is used for
- Preventing cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection after stem cell transplant
- Preventing CMV disease after kidney transplant in high-risk patients
◆ Kidney note
A prevention option that, unlike ganciclovir drugs, does not suppress the bone marrow — useful when blood counts are fragile.
Common side effects
- Nausea
- Diarrhea
- Headache
- Tiredness
Important cautions
- Interacts with transplant medicines — cyclosporine in particular raises its level, so combinations are specialist-managed
- Prevents CMV but does not treat established CMV disease
How it comes
Tablets, injection (hospital). This guide lists forms only — it never lists strengths or doses.
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Please note: This page is a patient-education summary, not medical advice, and it deliberately contains no doses. Medicines affect everyone differently — always follow your own prescription and talk to your doctor or pharmacist before starting, stopping or changing any medicine.