Patient info Search Menu

Vistide – patient leaflet, side effects, dosage

Medicine status: No longer supplied Details

Medicine strength:
75 mg/ml
Still supplied:
The same active substance, strength and form in the NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d). Ask your pharmacist or doctor before changing to another make.
Contains active substance:
ATC code:
Similar medicines?:

Patient leaflet - Vistide

Sources: Original PDF (ema.europa.eu)

Facts about Vistide

What these facts mean

Active substance? Cidofovir
Strength? 75 mg/ml
Pharmaceutical form? Solution for infusion
How is it taken? Intravenous
Is it available?? No, all its packs are listed as discontinued (NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices – not a record of current supplies)
Drug group (ATC)?
  1. J Antiinfectives for systemic use
    1. J05 Antivirals for systemic use
      1. J05A Direct acting antivirals
        1. J05AB Nucleosides and nucleotides excl. reverse transcriptase inhibitors
          1. J05AB12 cidofovir
Codes? BNF 05030202

Sources: the NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d), release 11.0.0 of 2 November 2026, NHS Business Services Authority. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.