Acetazolamide
- Generic Name
- Acetazolamide
- Brand Names
- -
- Drug Type
- Small Molecule
- Chemical Formula
- C4H6N4O3S2
- CAS Number
- 59-66-5
- Unique Ingredient Identifier
- O3FX965V0I
- Background
One of the carbonic anhydrase inhibitors that is sometimes effective against absence seizures. It is sometimes useful also as an adjunct in the treatment of tonic-clonic, myoclonic, and atonic seizures, particularly in women whose seizures occur or are exacerbated at specific times in the menstrual cycle. However, its usefulness is transient often because of...
- Indication
For adjunctive treatment of: edema due to congestive heart failure; drug-induced edema; centrencephalic epilepsies; chronic simple (open-angle) glaucoma
- Associated Conditions
- Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Edema, Familial periodic paralysis, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures, Metabolic Alkalosis, Open Angle Glaucoma (OAG), Other and unspecified effects of high altitude, Cystine renal calculi, Drug-induced edema, Nonuveitic secondary glaucoma, Salicylate intoxication
- Associated Therapies
- Urine alkalinization therapy
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