Oseltamivir INN ɪər, marketed under the trade name Tamiflu, is an antiviral licensed to prevent or slow the spread of influenza A and influenza B (flu) virus between cells in the body by stopping the virus from chemically cutting ties with its host cell. The drug is taken orally in capsules or as a suspension. Oseltamivir is a prodrug, a (relati...
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(from the article `Bird Flu—The Next Human Pandemic?`) ...pandemic be prevented? Laboratory tests suggest that two popular antiviral drugs, amantadine (Symmetrel) and rimantadine (Flumadine), do not work ... ...have no effect against influenza B viruses. The action of amantadine is to block uncoating of the virus within the cell, t...
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(o″sәl-tam´ĭ-vir) an inhibitor of viral neuraminidase, used as the phosphate salt in the treatment of influenza.
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