Understanding Medication – Your Guide to Amantadine for you Pet

What is Amantadine? Amantadine hydrochloride is an antiviral medication that inhibits overactive nerve signals in the central nervous system (CNS). This occurs by antagonizing N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in the nervous system which commonly transmits pain signals. Typically, when these pain pathways become overstimulated the animal will have a hypersensitivity to pain. Amantadine works to ‘reset’…