CDC recommends against the use of amantadine and rimantadine for the treatment or prophylaxis of influenza in the United States during the 2005-06 influenza season
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CDC recommends against the use of amantadine and rimantadine for the treatment or prophylaxis of influenza in the United States during the 2005-06 influenza season

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  • Corporate Authors:
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
  • Description:
    Saturday, January 14, 2006, 15:25 EST (3:25 PM EST)

    CDCHAN-00240-2006-01-14-ADV-N

    Recent evidence indicates that a high proportion of currently circulating Influenza A viruses in this country are resistant to these medications.

    While the primary strategy for preventing complications of influenza infections is annual vaccination, antiviral medications with activity against influenza viruses can be effective for the prophylaxis and treatment of influenza. Two classes of antivirals are currently available—the M2 ion channel inhibitors (i.e., the two adamantanes amantadine and rimantadine) and the neuraminidase inhibitors (i.e., oseltamivir and zanamivir). The neuraminidase inhibitors are effective for the treatment and prophylaxis of influenza A and B, while the adamantanes are only active against influenza A viruses. This alert provides new information about the resistance of influenza viruses currently circulating in the United States to the adamantanes, and it makes an interim recommendation that these drugs not be used during the 2005-06 influenza season. Amantadine is also used to treat the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, and should continue to be used for this indication.

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    HAN ; 240
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    United States
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