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Is ramantidine used in parkinson's? i know amantidine is, and i heard that ramantidine can replace it if the amantidine was causing se like edema.

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No: It is not used for Parkinson's. I did a literature search and found it only used for treatment of Influenza type A (limited by wide-spread resistance in the USA) with no indication for the extra-pyramidal symptoms of Parkinson's which IS listed for amantadine. Sorry. (BTW, the preferred spelling is rimantadine although I searched under both spellings).

Answered 5/12/2015

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Comments: No, as already answered, you cannot get benefit with "ramantidine" in Parkinson's. Amantadine can cause livedo reticularis in about 50% and other side effects can occur. You have lost little if you stop, as this is a modest adjunctive agent. Talk to your doctor about entacapone, and dopamine agonists, and at some point, consider deep brain stimulation if appropriate.

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