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In message <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> > The only problem I have with amantadine is ... if I miss a day
> > or two of taking it, I suddenly find myself laid up in bed
> > with an awful flu like illness. Also, if I take too much of it,
> > say an extra 100mg/day, I get a racing heart ...
>
> My husband gets withdrawal symptoms from discontinuing amantadine.   He
> had great difficulty when DuPont stopped making Symmetrel, and he kept
> getting switched by our pharmacy from one generic preparation to
> another.

My experience with Amantadine was QUITE the reverse - it didn't seem to
have any side-effects, and I dropped it all of a sudden with no
ill-effects. Interesting variance there!

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Jeremy Browne, Hampshire, UK
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