On March 15 the FDA approved Cidofovir for standard CMV treatment. Cidofovir offers the important benefit of less frequent dosing. If the thought of all the above procedures is a bit much for you to swallow, then you're not going to want to hear about salvage therapy involving direct injections of drug into the eye. This, too, is an option your doctors should be prepared to discuss. Not all patients tolerate or respond to systemic therapy.
Localized injections are important options.
At present Ganciclovir is available for such treatment. Pitfalls in CMV Despite the phenominal advances in the treatment of CMV, your best weapon is early detection. Book it in advance for an entire year. I central retinitis in only three weeks. That's how quickly CMV retinitis can progress when untreated.