Acetazolamide (Diamox®) is a prescription medication that increases breathing, raises the blood oxygen level, speeds up acclimatization and therefore resolves AMS
Get medical help immediately if: You are at a high altitude and you or someone else: have symptoms of altitude sickness and feel
Acetazolamide has been investigated for treating sleep apnea in newcomers ascending to high altitude
It works to cause an accumulation of carbonic acid by preventing its breakdown
Acetazolamide also eliminates central sleep apnea, or periodic breathing, which is common at high elevations, even in those without a history of sleep disorder breathing
However, the efficacy and optimal dose of acetazolamide for improving sleep apnea at high altitude remain unclear due to the limited number of cases and methodological differences in existing studies [Burgess et al
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This carbonic-anhydrase inhibitor has been employed successfully to prevent AMS in young, healthy adults10 and to improve oxygenation in outpatients with hypercapnic COPD
Patients allergic to sulfa drugs have a small risk of cross-reactivity to acetazolamide ; a supervised trial of acetazolamide should be considered for these patients before Acetazolamide is a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor that affects your body's fluid and acid-base balance
Improvements correlate with increased arterial oxygen
There is also evidence that dexamethasone can be used to prevent AMS
Smaller doses of acetazolamide can be given by halving 250mg tablets which are scored
Children who travel to high altitude locations risk developing some form of acute altitude illness
These effects can affect safety at high altitude
Tadalafil group had lower rates of severe HAI compared with controls (4% vs 26%, p = 0
Symptoms may include headaches, vomiting, tiredness, confusion, trouble Acetazolamide leads to significant reductions in periodic breathing during sleep at high altitude (90, 112)