The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE861
January 10, 1992
Foscarnet
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Foscarnet
January 10, 1992 (Issue: 861)
Phosphonoformic acid or foscarnet (Foscavir - Astra), a synthetic antiviral drug, has now been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for intravenous (IV) treatment of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in patients with AIDS. CMV retinitis...more
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