1) Anti-influenza agent
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Apart from medical uses, this compound is useful as a building block, allowing the insertion of an adamantyl group. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 100% of seasonal H3N2 and 2009 pandemic flu samples tested have shown resistance to adamantanes, and amantadine is no longer recommended for treatment of influenza in ...
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(from the article `Bird Flu—The Next Human Pandemic?`) Can a bird-flu pandemic be prevented? Laboratory tests suggest that two popular antiviral drugs, amantadine (Symmetrel) and rimantadine (Flumadine), ... ...is caused by two RNA-containing viruses, influenza A and influenza B. When the RNA is released into the cell, it is direct...
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<drug> Used as an antiviral agent (especially against influenza virus). Produces some symptomatic relief in Parkinsonism. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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(ә-man´tә-dēn) an antiviral compound used as the hydrochloride salt to treat influenza A; also used as an antidyskinetic in the treatment of parkinsonism and drug-induced extrapyramidal reactions.
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A drug which stimulates the release of available dopamine in the brain.
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Used as an antiviral agent (especially against influenza virus). Produces some symptomatic relief in Parkinsonism.
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antiviral drug that targets the influenza virus by preventing viral escape from endosomes upon host cell uptake, thus preventing viral RNA release and subsequent viral replication
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a water-soluble crystalline substance, CHNHCl, used as an antiviral and antiparkinsonian drug.
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