Tromantadine

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Tromantadine

Clinical data

Trade names Viru-Merz

AHFS/Drugs.com International Drug Names

Routes of Topical (gel)
administration

ATC code D06BB02 (WHO) J05AC03 (W

HO)

Legal status

Legal status US: Not FDA-approved

OTC (RU)

Identifiers

IUPAC name[show]

CAS Number 53783-83-8 

PubChem CID 64377

ChemSpider 57947 
 UNII H191JFG8WA

KEGG D07199 

NIAID ChemDB 007760

CompTox Dashboard (EPA) DTXSID00202062 

ECHA InfoCard 100.053.409 

Chemical and physical data

Formula C16H28N2O2

Molar mass 280.412 g·mol−1

3D model (JSmol) Interactive image

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Tromantadine is an antiviral medicine used to treat herpes simplex virus. It is available

in a topical gel under trade names Viru-Merz and Viru-Merz Serol. Its performance is
similar to aciclovir.[1][2]
Like rimantadine, amantadine, and adapromine, tromantadine is a derivative
of adamantane.