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Status:
US Approved Rx (2002)
First approved in 1993

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)



Rimantadine (INN, sold under the trade name Flumadine) is an orally administered antiviral drug used to treat, and in rare cases prevent, influenzavirus A infection. Rimantadine is an M2 ion channel inhibitor which specifically inhibits the replicati...
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)

Tromantadine HCl under brand name Virumerz is used to treat the herpes simplex virus by inhibiting the cellular process such as glycoprotein processing, which occurs after the synthesis of the fusion protein but before its expression on the cell surf...