Diamox

[ dahy-uh-moks ]

Pharmacology, Trademark.

1. a brand of acetazolamide.

Example Sentences

In my pockets are Diamox, Dexamethasone and golf tees.

From Golf Digest

Tom Healy, 57, a poet living in Miami and Manhattan, who I know as an avid global climber and trekker, skipped Diamox on a 2013 trip to Nepal.

From Washington Post

Now 78, Banks has given up high-altitude adventures, but he happily offers this advice: “Always acclimatize, and don’t wait until you’re sick to start taking Diamox. Just take it, because it can’t hurt you.”

From Washington Post

Many high-altitude seekers rely on Diamox, a popular prescription drug that “stimulates breathing and raises your oxygen level,” says Peter Hackett of Telluride, Colo., an emergency medicine physician, altitude sickness expert and experienced mountaineer.

From Washington Post

While the body usually needs two to four days to adjust to high altitudes, “Diamox does the same thing in about eight hours, speeding the natural process,” says Hackett, noting that the drug works for 85 to 90 percent of people.

From Washington Post