Is there any medication for treatment of avian influenza?

Four antiviral drug are licensed in some countries for the treatment of influenza:

Oseltamivir, marketed as Tamiflu®

Zanamivir

Amantadine

Rimantadine

As noted above, analysis of the viruses isolated from fatal human cases in Vietnam indicates that current H5N1 viruses are resistant to amantadine and rimantidine.

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