Drug details

Viltepso (viltolarsen injection)

type of Neurologics, Antisense Oligonucleotides

Viltepso (viltolarsen) is an antisense oligonucleotide used to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in patients who have a confirmed mutation of the DMD gene that is amenable to exon 53 skipping.

This drug may have the following side effects:

• vomiting,
• diarrhea,
• fever,
• upper respiratory tract infection,
• joint pain,
• cough,
• abdominal pain,
• hives
• bruising,
• injection site reactions (bruising, redness, swelling),
• ejection fraction decreased, and

The following drugs are related to Viltepso, either as a replacement or used together:

• Amondys 45 (casimersen injection)
• Exondys 51 (eteplirsen injection)