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Rimantadine, the Glossary

Rimantadine (INN, sold under the trade name) is an orally administered antiviral drug used to treat, and in rare cases prevent, influenzavirus A infection.^[1]

44 relations: Adamantane, Adapromine, Adverse effect, Amantadine, Amino acid, Antiviral drug, Anxiety, Arbovirus, Aspirin, Assay, Bromantane, Central nervous system, Cimetidine, DuPont, Electrophysiology, Enantiomer, Food and Drug Administration, Gastrointestinal tract, Gene, Glucuronidation, Hepatitis C, Human parainfluenza viruses, Hydroxylation, Influenza A virus, Insomnia, International nonproprietary name, Ion channel, Kidney, Lightheadedness, Liver, M2 proton channel, Memantine, Nausea, NMDA receptor antagonist, Nuclear magnetic resonance, Paracetamol, Parkinson's disease, Pharmacodynamics, Racemic mixture, Saint Louis encephalitis, Sindbis virus, Tromantadine, Wilmington, Delaware, 2009 swine flu pandemic.
Adamantanes
Anti-influenza agents
Proton channel blockers
Suspected embryotoxicants
Suspected teratogens

Adamantane

Adamantane is an organic compound with formula C10H16 or, more descriptively, (CH)4(CH2)6. Rimantadine and Adamantane are adamantanes.

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Adapromine is an antiviral drug of the adamantane group related to amantadine (1-aminoadamantane), rimantadine (1-(1-aminoethyl)adamantane), and memantine (1-amino-3,5-dimethyladamantane) that is marketed in Russia for the treatment and prevention of influenza. Rimantadine and Adapromine are adamantanes, Amines and anti-influenza agents.

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Adverse effect

An adverse effect is an undesired harmful effect resulting from a medication or other intervention, such as surgery.

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Amantadine

Amantadine, sold under the brand name Gocovri among others, is a medication used to treat dyskinesia associated with parkinsonism and influenza caused by type A influenzavirus, though its use for the latter is no longer recommended because of widespread drug resistance. Rimantadine and Amantadine are adamantanes, Amines, anti-influenza agents, Dissociative drugs, NMDA receptor antagonists, proton channel blockers and Suspected teratogens.

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Amino acid

Amino acids are organic compounds that contain both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups.

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Antiviral drug

Antiviral drugs are a class of medication used for treating viral infections.

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Anxiety

Anxiety is an emotion which is characterised by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil and includes feelings of dread over anticipated events.

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Arbovirus

Arbovirus is an informal name for any virus that is transmitted by arthropod vectors.

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Aspirin

Aspirin, also known as acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used to reduce pain, fever, and/or inflammation, and as an antithrombotic.

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Assay

An assay is an investigative (analytic) procedure in laboratory medicine, mining, pharmacology, environmental biology and molecular biology for qualitatively assessing or quantitatively measuring the presence, amount, or functional activity of a target entity.

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Bromantane

Bromantane, sold under the brand name Ladasten, is an atypical psychostimulant and anxiolytic drug of the adamantane family related to amantadine and memantine which is used in Russia in the treatment of neurasthenia. Rimantadine and Bromantane are adamantanes.

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Central nervous system

The central nervous system (CNS) is the part of the nervous system consisting primarily of the brain and spinal cord.

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Cimetidine

Cimetidine, sold under the brand name Tagamet among others, is a histamine H2 receptor antagonist that inhibits stomach acid production.

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DuPont

DuPont de Nemours, Inc., commonly shortened to DuPont, is an American multinational chemical company first formed in 1802 by French-American chemist and industrialist Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours.

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Electrophysiology

Electrophysiology (from Greek ἥλεκτ, ēlektron, "amber"; φύσις, physis, "nature, origin"; and -λογία, -logia) is the branch of physiology that studies the electrical properties of biological cells and tissues.

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Enantiomer

In chemistry, an enantiomer (/ɪˈnænti.əmər, ɛ-, -oʊ-/ ''ih-NAN-tee-ə-mər''; from Ancient Greek ἐναντίος (enantíos) 'opposite', and μέρος (méros) 'part') – also called optical isomer, antipode, or optical antipode – is one of two stereoisomers that are nonsuperposable onto their own mirror image.

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Food and Drug Administration

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Gastrointestinal tract

The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract, digestive tract, alimentary canal) is the tract or passageway of the digestive system that leads from the mouth to the anus. The GI tract contains all the major organs of the digestive system, in humans and other animals, including the esophagus, stomach, and intestines.

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Gene

In biology, the word gene has two meanings.

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Glucuronidation

Glucuronidation is often involved in drug metabolism of substances such as drugs, pollutants, bilirubin, androgens, estrogens, mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids, fatty acid derivatives, retinoids, and bile acids.

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Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) that primarily affects the liver; it is a type of viral hepatitis.

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Human parainfluenza viruses

Human parainfluenza viruses (HPIVs) are the viruses that cause human parainfluenza.

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Hydroxylation

In chemistry, hydroxylation can refer to.

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Influenza A virus

Influenza A virus (IAV) is a pathogen with strains that infect birds and some mammals, as well as causing seasonal flu in humans.

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Insomnia

Insomnia, also known as sleeplessness, is a sleep disorder where people have trouble sleeping.

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International nonproprietary name

An international nonproprietary name (INN) is an official generic and nonproprietary name given to a pharmaceutical drug or an active ingredient.

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Ion channel

Ion channels are pore-forming membrane proteins that allow ions to pass through the channel pore.

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Kidney

In humans, the kidneys are two reddish-brown bean-shaped blood-filtering organs that are a multilobar, multipapillary form of mammalian kidneys, usually without signs of external lobulation.

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Lightheadedness

Lightheadedness is a common and typically unpleasant sensation of dizziness or a feeling that one may faint.

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Liver

The liver is a major metabolic organ exclusively found in vertebrate animals, which performs many essential biological functions such as detoxification of the organism, and the synthesis of proteins and various other biochemicals necessary for digestion and growth.

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M2 proton channel

The Matrix-2 (M2) protein is a proton-selective viroporin, integral in the viral envelope of the influenza A virus.

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Memantine

Memantine, sold under the brand name Axura among others, is a medication used to slow the progression of moderate-to-severe Alzheimer's disease. It is taken by mouth. Common side effects include headache, constipation, sleepiness, and dizziness. Severe side effects may include blood clots, psychosis, and heart failure. Rimantadine and Memantine are adamantanes, Amines, Dissociative drugs and NMDA receptor antagonists.

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Nausea

Nausea is a diffuse sensation of unease and discomfort, sometimes perceived as an urge to vomit.

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NMDA receptor antagonist

NMDA receptor antagonists are a class of drugs that work to antagonize, or inhibit the action of, the ''N''-Methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR). Rimantadine and NMDA receptor antagonist are NMDA receptor antagonists.

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Nuclear magnetic resonance

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is a physical phenomenon in which nuclei in a strong constant magnetic field are perturbed by a weak oscillating magnetic field (in the near field) and respond by producing an electromagnetic signal with a frequency characteristic of the magnetic field at the nucleus.

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Paracetamol

Paracetamol (acetaminophen) is a non-opioid analgesic and antipyretic agent used to treat fever and mild to moderate pain.

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Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a long-term neurodegenerative disease of mainly the central nervous system that affects both the motor and non-motor systems of the body.

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Pharmacodynamics

Pharmacodynamics (PD) is the study of the biochemical and physiologic effects of drugs (especially pharmaceutical drugs).

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Racemic mixture

In chemistry, a racemic mixture or racemate is one that has equal amounts of left- and right-handed enantiomers of a chiral molecule or salt.

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Saint Louis encephalitis

Saint Louis encephalitis is a disease caused by the mosquito-borne Saint Louis encephalitis virus.

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Sindbis virus

Sindbis virus (SINV) is a member of the Togaviridae family, in the Alphavirus genus.

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Tromantadine

Tromantadine is an antiviral medicine used to treat herpes simplex virus. Rimantadine and Tromantadine are adamantanes.

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Wilmington, Delaware

Wilmington (Lenape: Paxahakink / Pakehakink) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It lies at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River.

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2009 swine flu pandemic

The 2009 swine flu pandemic, caused by the H1N1/swine flu/influenza virus and declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) from June 2009 to August 2010, was the third recent flu pandemic involving the H1N1 virus (the first being the 1918–1920 Spanish flu pandemic and the second being the 1977 Russian flu).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimantadine

Also known as 1-(1-aminoethyl)adamantane, ATC code J05AC02, ATCvet code QJ05AC02, Flumadine, Remantadine, Rimantadine hydrochloride, Rimantidine.

Rimantadine, the Glossary

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See also

Adamantanes

Anti-influenza agents

Proton channel blockers

Suspected embryotoxicants

Suspected teratogens

References