General description
Acetazolamide is a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor used in the treatment of chronic open angle glaucoma.
INN
Acetazolamide
Medicine type
Chemical agent
EML status history
First added in 1977
(TRS
615)
for
Primary open-angle glaucoma
Therapeutic equivalent for
Wikipedia
DrugBank
Recommendations
Section
Ophthalmological preparations > Miotics and antiglaucoma medicines
- Oral > Solid: 250 mg
Indications