Drug Name

Diamox (Acetazolamide)

Drug Uses

Diamox is second-hand to handle glaucoma and to handle and to anticipate sharp peak sickness (altitude sickness) It is again second-hand as a thing of some treatment of behaviour towards design representing congestive passion failing and seizing disarray.

How to use

Employ Diamox as directed near your Physician.

* Capture Everyone Potion with a complete glassware of baptize. * Capture Diamox with aliment whether it disturbs your belly.



Buzz your condition affliction provider any query you may accept approximately how to employ Diamox.

Drug Class and Mechanism

Diamox is a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor. Carbonic anhydrase is a protein in your object. Diamox cuts back the action of this protein.

Missed Dose

If you miss a dose of Diamox, take it as soon as possible. If it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not take 2 doses at once.

Storage

Stock Diamox at 77 grade F (25 grade C) Stock out from warmth, moisture, and ablaze. Accomplish not stock in the bathroom. Accumulate Diamox outside of the grasp of children and out from darling.

Warnings/Precautions

Accomplish not employ Diamox whether:

* you are hypersensitive to any constituent in Diamox; * you accept adrenal gland difficulty, short blood levels of potassium or sodium, kidney difficulty, liver difficulty (eg, cirrhosis), aerial blood levels of chloride, or other electrolyte difficulty.



Junction your Physician or condition affliction provider appropriate out whether any of these use to you.

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* Diamox may account drowsiness or transitority eyes substitution. These result may be worse whether you capture it with spirits or sure medication. Employ Diamox with warning. Accomplish not propel or execute other maybe unsafe duty until you apperceive how you respond to it. * Diamox may account you to alter to sunburned added smoothly. Shun the old Sol, sunlamps, or tanning stall until you apperceive how you respond to Diamox. Employ a sunscreen or be dressed defensive clothing whether you ought to be out representing added than a small age. * Impart your Physician or dentist that you capture Diamox previously you take any medical or dental affliction, crisis affliction, or surgery. * Diabetes patients - Diamox may act on your blood sugar. Test blood sugar levels closely. Buzz your Physician previously you alter the Potion of your diabetes medication. * Diamox may meddle with sure lab trial. Be certain your Physician and lab personel apperceive you are captivating Diamox. * Lab trial, including blood electrolyte levels, all blood chamber count up, or platelet levels, may be performed while you employ Diamox. These trial may be second-hand to detector your case or test representing Sometimes result. Be certain to accumulate all Physician and lab meeting. * Diamox should be second-hand with acute warning in children younger than 12 age ancient; safeness and effectiveness in these children accept not been confirmed. * Pregnancy and breast-feeding: Whether you alter to gravid, junction your Physician. You Testament demand to altercate the advantage and danger of using Diamox while you are gravid. Diamox is begin in chest drain. Accomplish not breast-feed while captivating Diamox.

Possible Side Effects

Test with your Physician whether any of these most accepted Sometimes result last or alter to bothersome:

* blurred eyes; substitution in drop; constipation; diarrhoea; drowsiness; recurrent urination; deprivation of desire; nausea; vomiting.



Look for medical care appropriate out whether any of these strict Sometimes result happen:

* strict hypersensitive response (rash; hives; itching; problem Respiration; tightness in the box; enlargement of the lips, visage, lips, or tongue); blood in urine; substitution in hearing; convulsions; aphotic, bloody stools; aphotic urine; accelerated Respiration; fever; absence of force; drop invest in affliction; bittersweet, enlarged, or blistered epidermis; ringing in the attention; painful throat; tingling of the arms or limb; few bleeding or bruising; eyes substitution; yellowing of the epidermis or eyeball.

More Information

Diamox is to be second-hand alone near the resigned representing whom it is prescribed. Accomplish not hand it with other human beings.