1) Anti-influenza agent
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According to the CDC, 100% of seasonal H3N2 and 2009 pandemic flu samples tested have shown resistance to rimantadine and it is no longer recommended to prescribe for treatment of the flu. == History == Rimantadine was discovered in 1963 and patented in 1965 in the USA by William W. Prichard in Du Pont & Co., Wilmington, Delaware (US patent on new...
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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), ... ...suggest that antiviral drugs developed for human flu viruses would work against bird flu infection in humans. The H5N1 vir...
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<chemical> An RNA synthesis inhibitor that is used as an antiviral agent in the prophylaxis and treatment of influenza. ... Pharmacological action: antiviral agents, nucleic acid synthesis inhibitors. ... Chemical name: Tricyclo(3.3.1.13,7)decane-1-methanamine, alpha-methyl- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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(ri-man´tә-dēn) an antiviral agent used in prophylaxis and treatment of influenza A.
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antiviral drug that targets the influenza virus by preventing viral escape from endosomes upon host cell uptake, preventing viral RNA release and subsequent viral replication
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