Diamox
Diamox is a heart blood pressure medication containing Acetazolamide, available as 250mg tablets.
- Category
- Heart Blood Pressure · Eye Care
- Active ingredient
- Acetazolamide
- Route
- Oral use
- Form
- Tablet
- Strengths
- 250mg
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Prescription rules on Diamox vary by country.
Details
- Conditions
- Glaucoma · Oedema · Acute mountain sickness
- Therapeutic Class
- Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitor
- Pharmacological Class
- Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitor
- Known Off-label Uses
- altitude sickness
- Minor Side Effects
- nausea, dizziness, tingling in extremities
- Moderate Side Effects
- polyuria, altered taste
- Dosage Forms
- Tablet
- Administration Route
- Oral use
- Prescription Status
- Available without prescription
- Originator
- Mercury Pharma
- Onset Time
- 1–2 hours
- Duration
- 8–12 hours
- Storage Instructions
- Store in a cool, dry area.
- Drug Interactions
- topiramate, salicylates
- Age Restrictions
- Use requires careful clinical assessment.
What you will receive
Diamox is the originator brand name, made by Mercury Pharma. We use it here to identify the medicine only; we are not affiliated with Mercury Pharma and do not ship the original Diamox.
- You receive a generic equivalent: the same active ingredient (Acetazolamide) at the same dose, mostly recognised Indian branded generics from vetted manufacturers.
- The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock at the dispatching warehouse.
- A regulated generic matches the original ingredient for ingredient by legal standard.