Memantine hydrochloride: a drug to be repurposed against Chikungunya virus?
Anna Karla Dos Santos PereiraIgor A SantosWashington W da SilvaFlávia A Resende NogueiraFernando R G BergaminiAna Carolina Gomes JardimPedro P CorbiPublished in: Pharmacological reports : PR (2021)
With the data herein presented, it is possible to hypothesize mtnH as a viable candidate to be repurposed as an anti-CHIKV drug. Clinical assays are, therefore, encouraged due to the promising in vitro results. The drug memantine hydrochloride is herein personified with a doubt: as a prior regulated drug against Alzheimer, could it follow the path against Chikungunya virus too?