Drug name
Amantadine
Drug Instruction
Amantadine is prescribed for preventing and treating some categories of flu. It is prescribed for the treatment of Parkinson disease as well as uncontrollable muscle movements the reason for which can occur to be some medicines. The medicine may also be prescribed for other conditions as necessarily consulted with your health care provider your doctor.
Intake Instruction
Amantadine is prescribed for taking under your doctors’ control.
Please take the medicine by mouth with meals or without it.
In case you are passing treatment for the Amantadine for the flu, please make sure to lead it to the endpoint, full course of treatment advised by your health care provider. Please keep on taking Amantadine even in case you feel actual improvement in a few days. This will assist you ascertain your infectious disease completely.
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Drug Category and Working Mechanism
Amantadine is prescribed a category of an antiparkinson and antiviral agent. Amantadine functions against the flu thus the way it works is not yet known. The medicine may block reproducing of the virus together with it may lower the ability of the virus to reach the cells. How Amantadine fights against Parkinson illness is not yet known as well. The medicine may make higher the level of a certain chemical in the brain.
Missed Dose
Should you miss a dose of this medicine please take it asap. If you find you have missed the previous dosage when it is almost time for your next dose, you should better skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Taking double or extra doses at once is not recommended. If more than one dose is missed, please contact your attending medical doctor or health care provider.
Storage
The best conditions to keep the medicine at are to store them room temperature. The container where the medicine is stored should be tightly closed. It should be also strictly protected from moisture, heat and light.
Please make sure to keep Amantadine out of the reach of children and pets.
Safety Precautions
Taking the medicine is not recommended in case:
pregnant or planning to become
breast-feeding mothers
you take any category of prescription or nonprescription medicine, as well as herbal preparation and dietary supplement;
you have allergies to medicines, its components, foods, or other essences;
you have a history of heart disorders (e.g., congestive heart failure), swelling of your hands or feet, mental/mood problems, suicidal thoughts or attempts, convulsions, glaucoma, low blood pressure, giddiness while standing up, an eczema-like eruption, or kidney or liver diseases;
you received an intranasal flu vaccine within the recent 14 days.
Please inform your health care provider if you have any medical conditions, especially if any of these are applicable to you.
Crucial information:
Amantadine may cause giddiness, vertigo as well as changes in vision. The mentioned effects can undergo worsening in case you take it simultaneously with alcohol or some categories of medicines. Please make sure to take Amantadine with caution.
Do not drive, use machinery, or do any actions which require mental alertness until you certainly inform how this medicine may affect you.
Amantadine may cause giddiness, lightheadedness; alcohol, hot weather, or an abnormally high body temperature may even be worse after these effects. To stay away from them, please sit up or stand slowly, this is more applicable to morning hours. Please sit or lie down at the first sign of any of the above - mentioned effects.
Make a strict limit upon an alcohol intake at the period you are taking Amantadine. Please make sure to inform your health care provider before you take alcohol or use categories of medicines which can cause somnolence (e.g., sleep aids, muscle relaxers) at the period you take Amantadine; the medicine may add to their effects. Please inform your health care provider if you that you can call to discus elements if any by slype.
Please make sure to stay away from staying in hot weather as well as the process of gaining activity you.
Amantadine only functions against some category of the flu; it is not treating thus providing a help to another viral infections (e.g., the common cold).
In case you are taking Amantadine for the flu, be sure to use Amantadine for the full course of treatment. If you do not, the medicine may not clear up your infection completely. The virus could also become less sensitive to this or other medicines. This could make the infection harder to treat in the future.
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.
If you are taking Amantadine for Parkinson disease, increase physical activity slowly as your symptoms improves.
Please make sure that you should not rapidly stop taking Amantadine without preliminary consulting with your health care provider. Your dose may be in need to be decreased slowly to avoid side effects.
In case your symptoms do not show improvement or they undergo worsening, please immediately inform your doctor.
Pregnancy and breast-feeding:
If you happen to be pregnant, or plan to be pregnant please necessarily contact your health care provider. You will certainly need to discuss the benefits and risks of treatment with Amantadine in the process you are pregnant. Amantadine is explored in breast milk thus please stay away from breast-feeding while taking Amantadine.
Probable Side Effects
Please discuss with your health care provider if any of the mentioned most COMMON side effects afterglow or become or causing bother:
Low or no appetite; changes in vision; difficult evacuation of the bowels; diarrhea; giddiness; somnolence; dry mouth or nose; headache; aversion; strange dreams; sickness; trouble sleeping.
Please inform your health care provider if you have any medical conditions, especially if any of the below – provided are applicable to you:
outstare allergic reactions (rash; hives; itching; hard breathing; tenseness in the chest; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue); aggressive behaviour; agitation; amalgamation; state of depression; fainting; rapid or uncommon heartbeat; an abnormally high body temperature; hallucinations; memory loss; mental or mood changes; muscle problems (e.g., spasms, uncontrolled movements); paranoid thoughts; personality changes; seizures; severe or persistent drowsiness or trouble sleeping; shortness of breath; sore throat; swelling of hands, legs, feet, or ankles; thoughts of suicide; difficult urinating; uncommon anxiety or irritability; problems in vision.
Extra Information
An important note: This medicine is for you only. Sharing this medicine with others is not recommended.