Table 3.

Antiviral drug doses recommended for treatment according to the glomerular filtration rate, which is estimated based on creatinine clearance.

Drug	Creatinine clearance
		>60 mL/min	40–60 mL/min	25–40 mL/min	10–25 mL/min	<10 mL/min dialysis
intravenous ganciclovir	5 mg/kg twice per day	2.5 mg/kg twice per day	2.5 mg/kg/day	1.25 mg/kg/day	1.25 mg/kg after dialysis
oral valganciclovir*	900 mg twice per day	450 mg twice per day	450 mg/day	450 mg every other day	not recommended**

^*1 tablet = 450 mg

^**intravenous ganciclovir is recommended

Note: valacyclovir and valganciclovir should be given with meals