Diamox
Active Ingredient(s): AcetazolamideFDA Approved: * July 27, 1953
Pharm Company: * DURAMED PHARMS BARR
Category: Vision / Eye Health
Acetazolamide, sold under the trade name Diamox among others, is a medication used to treat glaucoma, epilepsy, altitude sickness, periodic paralysis, idiopathic intracranial hypertension (raised brain pressure of unclear cause), urine alkalinazation, and heart failure.[2][3] It may be used long term for the treatment of open angle glaucoma and short term for acute angle closure glaucoma until surgery can be carried out.[4] It is taken by mouth ... [wikipedia]
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