Question: is ganciclovir a hazardous drug?
Answer: IN ANIMAL AND IN VITRO STUDIES GANCICLOVIR SODIUM (THE ACTIVE COMPONENT OF THIS PRODUCT) CAUSED ASPERMATOGENESIS, MUTAGENICITY, TERATOGENICITY AND CARCINOGENICITY; THEREFORE, IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A POTENTIAL TERATOGEN AND CARCINOGEN IN HUMANS. IT MAY CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS AND/OR DEATH TO THE EXPOSED FETUS.