著者

斎藤 寛子 中村 爽子 宮堂 寛美 高崎 保郎 仲野 達之助

出版者

日本医療薬学会

雑誌

病院薬学 (ISSN:03899098)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.18, no.3, pp.288-292, 1992-06-20

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Symmetrel (Amantadine hydrochloride) has pharmacological actions as both anti-Parkinsonism and antiviral drugs, however, it is used only as an anti-Parkinsonism drug in Japan, In this report, we surveyed the frequency of fever caused by influenza for the patients in hospital from November 1989 to March 1990 and assessed the relationship between the reduction in fever and taking Symmetrel. The fever caused by influenza was significantly reduced by taking Symmetrel. In the period from the end of November 1989 to the end of January 1990, in which the influenza A Hong-Kong was raging throughout Aichi Prefecture, the fever was more significantly reduced by taking Symmetrel than that in total period.