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.