RIMANTADINE - is used to prevent or treat a certain type of flu virus (influenza A). If you have been infected with the flu, this medication may help make your symptoms less severe and shorten the time it will take you to get better. Taking rimantadine if you have been or will be exposed to the flu may help to prevent you from getting the flu. This medication is an antiviral that is believed to work by stopping the growth of the flu virus. This medication is not a vaccine.

USES

• Inhibits Influenza's Viral Replication (Influenza A).
• Eases the Symptoms of Influenza.

GUARANTEE & EXPIRY DATE
100% original from Russian pharmaceutical company Irbitskyi KhimPharmPlant. All packs are air tight sealed and expire up to 11.2026. Photos of the product are for illustation purpose only and may vary according to the manufacturer.

DESCRIPTION
Rimantadine is believed to inhibit influenza's viral replication, possibly by preventing the uncoating of the virus's protective shells, which are the envelope and capsid. Genetic studies suggest that the virus M2 protein, an ion channel specified by virion M2 gene, plays an important role in the susceptibility of influenza A virus to inhibition by rimantadine. Resistance to rimantadine can occur as a result of amino acid substitutions at certain locations in the transmembrane region of M2. This prevents binding of the antiviral to the channel.

PACKAGING
RIMANTADINE comes in the form of tablets for oral use: 50 mg per tablet, 20 tablets per pack.

Active ingredient:
Rimantadine - 50 mg.

Excipients:
Lactose (milk sugar) - 60 mg, potato starch - 37 mg, calcium stearate - 1.5 mg, talc - 1.5 mg.

DOSAGE
Orally, 20-30 minutes after meals with water, without chewing.

Adults on the first day take 100 mg 3 times a day; on the second and third days 100 mg 2 times a day; on the fourth and fifth day 100 mg once a day. On the first day of being infected it is possible to use the drug once in a dose of 300 mg.

Children aged 7 to 10 years are prescribed 50 mg 2 times a day; from 11 to 14 years - 50 mg 3 times a day. Older than 14 years - doses for adults. Course of treatment lasts for within 5 days.

For therapeutic prevention of influenza, adults are prescribed 50 mg once a day for up to 30 days. Children over 7 years old - 50 mg 1 time per day for up to 15 days.

PRECAUTIONS

• Acute liver diseases.
• Acute and chronic kidney diseases.
• Thyrotoxicosis.
• Hypersensitivity to rimantadine.
• Pregnancy and lactation.
• Children under 7 years old.
• Lactase deficiency, lactose intolerance, lactose/isomaltose malabsorption syndrome (the composition of the drug includes lactose).
• Arterial hypertension, cerebral arteriosclerosis, liver failure, epilepsy, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.

SIDE EFFECTS
Digestive system: dry mouth, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, epigastric pain, flatulence.

Central nervous system: headache, dizziness, insomnia, neurological reactions, impaired attention, drowsiness, anxiety, increased irritability, fatigue.

Other: hyperbilirubinemia, allergic reactions (skin rash, itching, urticaria).

STORAGE
Store in dry place at room temperature. Do not exceed storage temperature higher than 25 degrees Celcius. Keep away from direct sunlight. Keep locked and away from children.

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