Flumadine: profile and news

School nurses see some sick students; emphasize hand-washing to ... Mar 4, 2006
Other anti-viral vaccines, including Flumadine and Symmetrel, are used by children with the flu who are 1 years of age and older. ... - Chambersburg Public Opinion,

Evidence Mounts for Shelving Two Flu Drugs Feb 3, 2006
2 - Evidence continues to mount that the two standard seasonal influenza drugs, Symmetrel (amantadine) and Flumadine (rimantadine), have lost their value ... - CNN

Flu's late arrival Feb 17, 2006
...two widely prescribed antiviral drugs given after a person has been diagnosed with the flu: amantadine (sold as Symmetrel) and rimantadine (sold as Flumadine). ... - Newsday,

Study: Two drugs powerless against flu Feb 3, 2006
Resistance is being seen with two widely prescribed flu drugs: amantadine (sold as Symmetrel) and rimantadine (sold as Flumadine). ... - Newsday,

The flu season is in full swing Feb 15, 2006
Kleppinger said the least expensive flu medications — Flumadine and Amantadine — are not effective against the current type of influenza in the community. ... - Laramine Boomerang,

New Study Urges Docs to Ditch Flu Drugs Feb 2, 2006
...study found that 92 percent had developed some form of resistance to amantadine and rimantadine – marketed as Symmetrel and Flumadine, respectively – the ... - The NewStandard,

Local flu not severe ... yet Jan 16, 2006
He said he's recommending the drug Flumadine as a prescription to combat the strain this year. ... Flumadine is a form of rimantadine. ... - Lahontan Valley News,

How to flee from the flu Jan 10, 2006
...medications. The FDA has approved four antiviral drugs for the treatment of the flu: Tamiflu, Flumadine, Symadine, and Relenza. ... - Enid News & Eagle,

Flu season Jan 13, 2006
...currently infecting birds in Asia that has caused human illness and death is resistant to Amantadine (Symmetrel) and Rimantadine (Flumadine), two antiviral ... - Pentagram,

CDC: Two drugs don't work against flu Jan 14, 2006
...is resistant to them. The antiviral drugs are rimantadine, sold as Flumadine, and amantadine, sold as Symmetrel. The CDC said that ... - MarketWatch

CDC: Major flu strain resistant to two anti-virals Jan 15, 2006
Amantadine, sold under the brand name Symmetrel, has been in use since the mid-1960s, and rimantadin, sold as Flumadine, was licensed in 1993. ... - USA Today

Flu drugs not effective Jan 14, 2006
The tests found that 91% of the 120 samples of the H3N2 virus tested were resistant to the two drugs commonly known by the brand names, Symmetrel and Flumadine ... - WTHR,

Routine Use of Flu Drugs Discouraged Jan 18, 2006
...flu drugs. There are four of these drugs: the older ones, Symmetrel and Flumadine, and the newer ones, Tamiflu and Relenza. The ... - WebMD

Government Warning About 2 Flu Drugs Jan 14, 2006
Amantadine, which is also known by the brand name Symmetrel and Rimantadine, whose brand name is Flumadine, are used mostly in hospitals and nursing homes. ... - 6abc.com,

Flu virus resistant to two common treatments, CDC warns Jan 14, 2006
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this flu season proved resistant to rimantadine and amantadine, sold under the trade names Symmetrel and Flumadine. ... - Austin American-Statesman (subscription),

BREAKING NEWS (3:10 pm): Two antivirals ineffective against the ... Jan 14, 2006
...strain of influenza now circulating in the United States is showing resistance to the common antivirals amantadine (Symmetrel) and rimantadine (Flumadine). ... - Victoria Advocate,

First cases of flu emerging in St. Tammany Jan 9, 2006
In most cases the three types of treatments - Tamiflu, Flumadine and Relenza - stop the reproduction of the virus and shorten its course, thus lessening its ... - Slidell Sentry News,

Directive to use more Tamiflu stirs concern Jan 19, 2006
The CDC said Saturday that physicians should cease prescribing two older drugs, amantadine (Symmetrel) and rimantadine (Flumadine), as protection against the ... - Oxford Press,

Flu Now Resists Two Key Drugs Jan 16, 2006
The two already ineffective drugs, amantadine and rimantadine (trade names Symmetrel and Flumadine), are among the few pharmaceuticals prescribed to cut short ... - CIO Today,

Flu sneezin' is here after all Jan 24, 2006
And as a side note, the US Centers for Disease Control last week issued a statement saying flu sufferers should not use Symmetrel or Flumadine to treat the flu ... - Lowell Sun,

Flu virus staying away ... for now Jan 9, 2006
...teenagers and adults. Other antiviral medicines, Flumadine and Symmetrel, are used by children with the flu who are 1 and older. Each of ... - Chambersburg Public Opinion,

Hawaii flu season pretty mild Jan 16, 2006
...touching your eyes, nose, and mouth. Pharmacists say the best remedy for the flu is either Tamiflu or Flumadine. And of course, lots of ... - KHON2,

Seasonal Flu Is the Real and Present Danger Oct 24, 2005
...such medications are available in the United States: Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate), Relenza (zanamivir), Symmetrel (amantadine), and Flumadine (rimantadine). ... - Forbes

Personal stockpiles of flu antivirals discouraged by Academy Oct 29, 2005
The stockpile includes oseltamivir (Tamiflu), with 2.3 million adult courses and 110,000 pediatric courses, and rimantadine (Flumadine), with 4.25 million ... - AAP News (subscription)

Enough Vaccine to Go Around Oct 24, 2005
...has drawn attention as a possible weapon against avian flu, is one of four prescription antiviral drugs -- Symmetrel (amantadine), Flumadine (rimantadine) and ... - Washington Post,

Steps to take to avoid the flu Oct 11, 2005
Recent studies show virus strains are building resistance to Symmetrel and Flumadine, but Tamiflu and Relenza also are available. ... - The News Journal,

Flu season is here again Oct 12, 2005
...enough. Medications like Relenza, Tamiflu, Symmetral and Flumadine, for example, can be used by prescription from a physician. "You ... - Fairmont Sentinel,

Steps to take to avoid the flu 11 Oct 2005
Recent studies show virus strains are building resistance to Symmetrel and Flumadine, but Tamiflu and Relenza also are available. ... - The News Journal,

Studies question efficacy of flu meds Sep 22, 2005
...winning. The vulnerable class of drugs is known as adamantanes, which include amantadine (Symmetrel) and rimantadine (Flumadine). ... - Newsday,

Flu Shots Provide Less Protection to Elderly Than Thought Sep 22, 2005
...in the same issue of The Lancet warns that circulating human flu bugs are very quickly becoming resistant to two older-type flu drugs: Symmetrel and Flumadine. ... - FOX News

New studies raise concerns over the flu vaccine Sep 22, 2005
...at the centers for disease control and prevention say resistance of circulating flu viruses to the adamantanes--.the drugs Amantadine and Flumadine--went from ... - WTNH,

Global Resistance to Flu Drugs Increasing, Study Says Sep 22, 2005
...the US in 1976. Forest Laboratories Inc. makes a rimantadine, Flumadine, which received approval in 1993. About 20 percent of the ... - Bloomberg

Tamiflu and Amantadine Prevention of H5N1 Bird Flu Sep 17, 2005
The amantadines are sold as Symmetrel (amantadine) and Flumadine (rimantadine) and are much less expensive and more widely available. ... - Recombinomics,

Avian flu prevention better than treatments Aug 28, 2005
These are amantadine, rimantadine (Flumadine), oseltamivir (Tamiflu), and zanamivir (Relenza). Of these, three are recommended for prophylaxis. ... - Staunton News Leader,

Sweden Adds Amantadine to Pandemic Flu Stockpile Aug 24, 2005
Similarly, ramantadine is sold under the brand name Flumadine ®, by Forrest Labs, Both of these drugs are approved for prophylactic use to prevent influenza. ... - Recombinomics,

H5N1 Wild Bird Flu Confirmed in Kalmykiya Near Caspian Sea Aug 18, 2005
...note, the M2 ion channel of the Qinghai Lake isolates was wild type, so the virus should be sensitive to amantadine (Symmetrel) and rimantadine (Flumadine). ... - Recombinomics, <**results**>

Can I still take this? Jun 12, 2005
For instance, Symmetrel (amantadine) and Flumadine (rimantidine), anti-viral drugs used to prevent and treat influenza, withstood 160-degree temperatures and ... - Evansville Courier & Press (subscription),

GSW Worldwide Names Executive Level Staff in New York Mar 29, 2005
...and Crestor. He has also worked on healthcare and consumer brands including Augmentin, Flumadine, AquaFresh and Oil of Olay. Prior ... - PharmaLive.com,