Recent news on Symmetrel

Japan Investigates More Flu Drugs  -  May 15, 2007
Houston Chronicle,Amantadine is sold in Japan under several names, including Symmetrel, which is manufactured by Swiss company Novartis Pharma.

Japan Investigates More Flu Drugs  -  May 15, 2007
Forbes,Amantadine is sold in Japan under several names, including Symmetrel, which is manufactured by Swiss company Novartis (nyse: NVS - news - people ) Pharma.

Japan Investigates Possible Link  -  May 15, 2007
Wall Street JournalAmantadine is sold in Japan under several names, including Symmetrel, which is manufactured by Swiss company Novartis Pharma and was first prescribed for

Strange behavior linked to 2 more flu drugs  -  May 15, 2007
Asahi Shimbun,According to Monday's report, 67 cases of side effects have been reported among those who took Symmetrel since it began to be used as a flu drug in 1998.

Advice on using antivirals for influenza  -  Mar 30, 2007
AAP News (subscription)...represented by oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and zanamivir (Relenza), and the adamantanes represented by amantadine (Symmetrel) and rimantadine (Flumadine).

New Guidelines for Antiviral Therapy and Prophylaxis for Influenza ...  -  Apr 23, 2007
Medscape (subscription)...of current widespread resistance to the adamantanes (amantadine [Symmetrel; Endo Pharmaceuticals] and rimantadine [Flumadine; Forest Pharmaceuticals]).

Rabies Rescue Protocol Fails in New Cases  -  Apr 20, 2007
MedPage Today,Antiviral therapy was undertaken with ribavirin and amantadine (Symmetrel). Giese made a full recovery and now stands as the only documented case of a

Influenza medicine can cause psychiatric problems in youth  -  Mar 1, 2007
Blogger News NetworkOne is a medicine used for Parkinson’s disease: Symmetrel (amantidine). It works for type A influenza, and someone noticed that parkinson’s symptoms

A reader blog about men's health with Dr. Karen Hill  -  Jan 29, 2007
Houston Chronicle,Examples of these drugs are amantadine (Symadine or Symmetrel), rimantadine (Flumadine), zanamivir (Relenza), and oseltamivir (Tamiflu).

Nasal spray flu vaccine beats shots for children under 5  -  Feb 15, 2007
Food Consumer,If a person is taking an influenza antiviral drug (including Symmetrel [amantadine] for Parkinson's disease), then the nasal-spray flu vaccine should not be

Bird flu: Your questions answered  -  Feb 7, 2007
Consumer ReportsCurrently circulating strains of the virus are resistant to an older class of flu drugs, including rimantadine (Flumadine) and amantadine (Symmetrel),

An Rx can't replace the flu vaccine  -  Jan 1, 2007
Fort Worth Star Telegram,These include the older agents amantadine (Symmetrel) and rimantadine (Flumadine) and the newer agents Tamiflu and Relenza. They prevent flu viruses from

US Health Agency To Fund New Influenza Anti-viral Drug  -  Jan 9, 2007
Media Newswire (press release),Four anti-viral medications -- amantadine ( brand name Symmetrel® ), rimantadine ( Flumadine® ), zanamavir ( Relenza® ) and oseltamivir ( Tamiflu® ) -- are

US Health Agency To Fund New Influenza Antiviral Drug  -  Jan 8, 2007
NewsBlaze,Four antiviral medications - amantadine (brand name Symmetrel®), rimantadine (Flumadine®), zanamavir (Relenza®) and oseltamivir (Tamiflu®) - are approved by

NIH reports progress in vaccine development for avian influenza  -  Jan 8, 2007
Student Operated Press,Four antiviral medications -- amantadine (brand name Symmetrel ® ), rimantadine (Flumadine ® ), zanamavir (Relenza ® ) and oseltamivir (Tamiflu ® ) -- are

A couple of options for fighting the flu  -  Dec 8, 2006
Belleville News-Democrat,These include the older agents amantadine (Symmetrel) and rimantadine (Flumadine) and the newer agents Tamiflu and Relenza. They prevent flu viruses from

AAP report to address use of antiviral drugs to treat influenza  -  Dec 1, 2006
AAP News (subscription)The first class, adamantanes (represented by amantadine [Symmetrel] and rimantadine [Flumadine]), has been used widely for the past 20 years.

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