Drug Name

Amantadine

Drug Uses

Amantadine is used for preventing as well as treating confident types of flu. It is used to treat Parkinson disease as well as uncontrolled muscle movements caused by some medicines. It may as well as be used for other conditions as determined by your doctor.

How Taken

Take Amantadine as directed by your doctor.

• Take Amantadine by mouth with or without food.
• Incase you are using Amantadine for the flu, take it for the filled course of treatment. Keep using Amantadine even incase you feel better in a few days. This will help cloudless up your infection completely.

Ask your health care provider any questions you may possess about how to take Amantadine.

Drug Class as well as Mechanism

Amantadine is an antiparkinson as well as antiviral agent. How Amantadine works against the flu is not known. It may block reproduction of the virus as well as decrease the ability of the virus to get into the cells. How Amantadine works against Parkinson disease is not known. It may increase a confident artificial in the brain.

Missed Dose

Incase you miss a dose of Amantadine, take it as soon as likely. Incase it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose as well as go back to your normal dosing schedule. Do not take 2 doses at once.

Storage

Store Amantadine at room temperature, between 68 as well as 77 degrees F (20 as well as 25 degrees C). Store away from heat, moisture, as well as light. Keep Amantadine out of the reach of children as well as away from pets.

Warnings/Precautions

Do not take Amantadine if:

• incase you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding;
• incase you are using any prescription or nonprescription medicine, herbal preparation, or dietary supplement;
• incase you possess allergies to medicines, foods, or other substances;
• incase you possess a history of heart problems (e.g., congestive heart failure), swelling of your hands or feet, mental or mood problems, suicidal thoughts or actions, seizures, glaucoma, abridged blood pressure, dizziness when you stand or sit up, an eczema-like rash, or kidney or liver problems;
• incase you possess received an intranasal flu vaccine within the final 14 days.

Contact your doctor or health care provider fair away incase any of these apply to you.

Important :

• Amantadine may cause drowsiness, dizziness, or blurred vision. These effects may be worse incase you take it with alcohol or confident medicines. Take Amantadine with caution. Do not drive or perform other possibly unsafe tasks until you know how you react to it.
• Amantadine may cause dizziness, lightheadedness, or fainting; alcohol, hot weather, exercise, or fever may increase these effects. To halt them, sit up or stand slowly, especially in the morning. Sit or lie down at the earliest sign of any of these effects.
• Limit alcohol intake while you are using Amantadine. Talk with you doctor before you drink alcohol or take medicines that may cause drowsiness (e.g., sleep aids, muscle relaxers) while you are using Amantadine; it may add to their effects. Ask your pharmacist incase you possess questions about which medicines may cause drowsiness.
• Do not become overheated in hot weather or while you are being active; heatstroke may occur.
• Amantadine only works against confident types of the flu; it does not treat other viral infections (e.g., the ordinary cold).
• Incase you are using Amantadine for the flu, be sure to take Amantadine for the filled course of treatment. Incase you do not, the medicine may not cloudless up your infection completely. The virus could as well as become less sensitive to this or other medicines. This could make the infection harder to treat in the expected.
• You usually should not receive a live nasal flu vaccine within 14 days before or 2 days after you take Amantadine . The vaccine may not work as well. Talk with your doctor before you receive any vaccine.
• Incase you are using Amantadine for Parkinson disease, increase material activity slowly as your symptoms improve.
• Do not suddenly halt using Amantadine without earliest checking with your doctor. Your dose may need to be lowered slowly to avoid side effects.
• Incase your symptoms do not get better or incase they get worse, check with your doctor.
• Pregnancy as well as breast-feeding: Incase you become pregnant, contact your doctor. You will need to discuss the benefits as well as risks of using Amantadine while you are pregnant. Amantadine is found in breast milk. Do not breast-feed while using Amantadine.

Likely Side Effects

Check with your doctor incase any of these most ordinary side effects persist or become bothersome:

• appetite loss; blurred vision; constipation; diarrhea; dizziness; drowsiness; moistureless mouth or nose; headache; lightheadedness; nausea; deviating dreams; tiredness; trouble sleeping.

Seek health examination attention fair away incase any of these very bad side effects occur:

• very bad allergic reactions (rash; hives; itching; difficulty breathing; tightness in the chest; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue); aggression; agitation; confusion; depression; fainting; quick or irregular heartbeat; fever; hallucinations; memory loss; mental or mood changes; muscle problems (e.g., spasms, uncontrolled movements); paranoid thoughts; personality changes; seizures; very bad or persistent drowsiness or trouble sleeping; shortness of breath; sore throat; swelling of hands, legs, feet, or ankles; thoughts of suicide; trouble urinating; unusual anxiety or irritability; vision changes.

More Information

Amantadine is to be used only by the patient for whom it is prescribed. Do not share it with other people.
If your symptoms do not improve or incase they become worse, check with your doctor.