Acetazolamide for Pseudotumor Cerebri User Reviews (Page 5)
Acetazolamide has an average rating of 6.4 out of 10 from a total of 98 reviews for the off-label treatment of Pseudotumor Cerebri. 50% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 28% reported a negative experience.
Reviews for Acetazolamide
- Anonymous
- Taken for less than 1 month
- June 2, 2017
Diamox (acetazolamide) "Confusion, lethargy, diarrhea, hyperchloremia, CO2 16, nausea, dizziness"
- Ccano
- May 24, 2020
"acetazolamide literally has not worked or helped my pseudotumor cerebri at all"
- Crawf...
- October 12, 2015
"Without the medication, I have major headaches, sinus headaches, one eye will begin to bulge, and my head will feel like a balloon. With the medication, I'm good."
- jacks...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- December 24, 2018
"I was on Diamox for about 2 months & it definitely helped. My worst side effect of it was a pressure that built on the bridge of my nose from it and my face would feel “shaky”. Hate it!"
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- IIHer
- Taken for 5 to 10 years
- July 21, 2020
Diamox (acetazolamide) "- More side effects that aren’t mentioned. - Okay short term but long term it gets a bit much"
- Akila
- November 1, 2020
"I have just used it for 1year but there's no change."
- lizard
- Taken for 2 to 5 years
- July 4, 2020
"Acetazolamide did not help my headaches. I stopped taking it about a year ago and feel the same."
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Diamox (acetazolamide) "Diamox didn't work and I hate it"