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In your experience how safe and well tolerated is flumadine (rimantadine) for a child aged 8?

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Dr. Al Hegab answered

Specializes in Allergy and Immunology

CDC recommends against: use for influenza A, in the US due to high level of rimantadine resistance among currently circulating strains

Answered 2/15/2015

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