News tagged with amantadine
CDC: Mild flu season apparently winding down
Apr 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The flu season is winding down and turning out to be one of the mildest in years, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Chemists track how drug changes, blocks flu virus
Feb 01, 2008 |
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An anti-virus drug attacks influenza A by changing the motion and structure of a proton channel necessary for the virus to infect healthy cells, according to a recently published research paper by two Iowa ...
Old drug may become new bird flu weapon
Mar 15, 2006 |
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Amantadine, a generic drug created in the 1970s to treat seasonal flu might become a new weapon to use along with Tamiflu if a bird flu pandemic occurs.
Penn researchers discover new target for preventing and treating flu
Jan 30, 2008 |
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Emerging subtypes of influenza A virus hold the potential to initiate a world-wide epidemic in the next few years, according to World Health Organization officials. However, almost all type A influenza viral ...
Generic drugs appear to work on bird flu
May 11, 2006 |
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A pair of older, generic drugs, plentiful and cheaper than Tamiflu, appear to work against bird flu, a study in a prominent U.S. scientific journal says.
Major flu strain resistant to widely used antiviral drug
Jan 15, 2009 |
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One of the major strains of the influenza virus this season has become resistant to Tamiflu - rendering the mainstay antiviral drug all but impotent and creating tough treatment options for patients who come down with the ...
Study: Quick responses to influenza outbreaks reduces illness and death
Jun 10, 2008 |
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Influenza outbreaks were shorter and resulted in fewer cases and fewer deaths at long-term care facilities that started residents on preventive antiviral medications within five days of the first case, compared to those that ...
Triple-combo drug shows promise against antiviral-resistant H1N1, researcher says (w/ Video)
Oct 27, 2009 |
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An experimental drug cocktail that includes three prescriptions now widely available offers the best hope in developing a single agent to treat drug-resistant H1N1 swine flu, says a virology researcher in the University of ...
Cough medicine fights dyskinesias in Parkinson's
Nov 07, 2007 |
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A cough suppressant and a drug tested as a schizophrenia therapy curb the involuntary movements that are disabling side effects of taking the Parkinson's disease medication levodopa, Portland scientists have found.
WHO data confirms low level of resistance to Tamiflu
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May 09, 2007 |
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New data published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed a low frequency of resistance to Tamiflu (oseltamivir) over 3 influenza seasons (2003 – 2006).
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