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Volume 342:661-662 March 2, 2000 Number 9
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Respiratory Distress Associated with Zanamivir

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 by Mølbak, K.
To the Editor: Zanamivir (Relenza, Glaxo Wellcome, Research Triangle Park, N.C.), a neuraminidase inhibitor, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of uncomplicated influenzavirus infection. Zanamivir is marketed as a powder with a lactose vehicle. It is administered orally with the use of an inhalation device (Diskhaler, Glaxo Wellcome). We describe a patient who had respiratory distress that was associated with zanamivir use and required hospitalization.

A 63-year-old man with oxygen-dependent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was seen by his primary care physician because he believed he was having an exacerbation of his underlying lung disease, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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