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Vistide
Identifier
020371
Type of Spiritual Experience
Number of hallucinations: 1
Background
A description of the experience
Cidofovir (brand name Vistide) is an injectable antiviral medication primarily used as a treatment for cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis (an infection of the retina of the eye) in people with AIDS
Side effects
The major dose-limiting side effect of cidofovir is nephrotoxicity (that is, kidney damage) Other common side effects (occurring in >1% of people treated with the drug) include:
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Neutropenia
- Hair loss
- Weakness
- Headache
- Chills
- Decreased intraocular pressure
- Uveitis
- Iritis
Whereas uncommon side effects include: anaemia and elevated liver enzymes and rare side effects include: tachycardia and Fanconi syndrome Probenecid (a uricosuric drug) and intravenous saline should always be administered with each cidofovir infusion to prevent this nephrotoxicity.
On Feb, 18, 2016: 513 people reported to have side effects when taking Vistide. Among them, 1 people (0.19%) has Hallucination.
Time on Vistide when people have Hallucination :
| < 1 month | 1 - 6 months | 6 - 12 months | 1 - 2 years | 2 - 5 years | 5 - 10 years | 10+ years | |
| Hallucination | 0.00% | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
On Feb, 18, 2016: 513 people reported to have side effects when taking Vistide. Among them, 22 people (4.29%) have Death.