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About You

About Your Health

  • Addison's disease
  • Blood clots e.g. DVT
  • Closed angle glaucoma
  • Diabetes
  • Epilepsy
  • Heart condition
  • High blood chlorine
  • History of kidney stones
  • Low blood sodium or potassium
  • Severe lung disease (excluding stable asthma)
  • Uncontrolled high blood pressure

About Your Agreement

  • You have capacity to understand all about the condition and the treatments available here.
  • The treatment for your own use only.
  • You have read and understood what the treatment options / benefits and risks / side effects associated with them.
  • You will read the patient information leaflet before taking the treatment and use the treatment as directed.
  • You will contact your doctor if you experience any adverse effects or symptoms change following the start of treatment.
  • If you are aged over 65 years you acknowledge that you are more at risk of side effects when taking Acetazolamide.
  • You understand that avoiding rapid ascents is recommended as well as ascending slowly (sleeping height increased by around 500m a day with a rest day every 3-4 days) so that your body has time to get used to increasing altitude.
  • If you are a female taking a combined contraception pill and going to be above 4500m for over a week you should consider stopping your pill while at altitude to avoid the potential increased risk of blood clots.
  • You understand that Acetazolamide is prescribed off-label for altitude sickness.