Acetazolamide

What Are The Uses Of Acetazolamide?

Acetazolamide is a water pill (diuretic) used to treat:

• The symptoms of altitude sickness.
• Certain types of eye problems like open-angle glaucoma, acute angle closure glaucoma
• Epilepsy, periodical paralysis
• Heart failure
• The increased pressure around the brain

What Are The Side Effects Of Acetazolamide?

Some of the common side effects of  are:

• Fatigue, drowsiness
• Decreased libido, depression
• Metallic or bitter taste in mouth, nausea, vomiting
• Abdominal cramps, black faeces, diarrhoea,
• Kidney stones, electrolyte changes

What Are The Contraindications Of Acetazolamide?

Please inform your doctor if you have any of the following conditions:

• Low blood sodium
• Low blood potassium
• Impaired kidney function, liver function
• Adrenal insufficiency