Generic Name:

Therapeutic Class:

High Blood Pressure

Availability:

Rx

Common Brands:

Form:

Oral tablet

ACETAZOLAMIDE (a set a ZOLE a mide) is a diuretic. It helps you make more urine and to lose salt and excess water from your body. It treats swelling from heart disease. It helps treat some seizures and some kinds of glaucoma. It also treats and prevents symptoms of altitude sickness (acute mountain sickness).