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What is Acetazolamide?

Acetazolamide is used in the treatment of glaucoma; drug-induced edema or edema due to congestive heart failure; epilepsy; prevention or amelioration of symptoms associated with acute mountain sickness. Off label uses include urine alkalinization; respiratory stimulant.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension 12 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Other 11 2 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
pseudotumor cerebri 6 1 Efficacy_moderate
Epilepsy 4 3 Efficacy_major
Weight loss 1 1 Efficacy_moderate
General health 1 0

See all 36 patients currently taking Acetazolamide

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Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Acetazolamide. See all 12 dosages ►

  125 mg daily 250 mg daily 375 mg daily 500 mg daily 750 mg daily 1,000 mg daily 1,125 mg daily 1,250 mg daily 1,500 mg daily 2,000 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 12 Number of Patients: 12 2 Number of Patients: 2 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Acetazolamide (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 6   Doctor's advice: 43%
Side effects too severe 4   Side effects too severe: 29%
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 21%
Other 3   Other: 21%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 7%

See all 14 patients who’ve stopped taking Acetazolamide

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Acetazolamide

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0

Stopped Taking Acetazolamide

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Acetazolamide

Always
 16 80%
Usually
 3 15%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 5%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Acetazolamide

Very
 1 5%
Somewhat
 2 10%
A little
 5 25%
Not at all
 12 60%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Acetazolamide

$200+
 2 15%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 11 85%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.