Online Diamox
Dr Fox is the only UK website providing Diamox online on prescription for mountain sickness.
This is genuine Diamox posted from our NHS pharmacy. UK doctors issue the prescriptions for Diamox online after an online consultation.
Dr Fox prices are low and include the price of the prescription.
Diamox tablets for altitude sickness
Mild altitude sickness is unpleasant and should act as a warning. Headache, fatigue, loss of appetite and poor sleep above 10,000 feet (3,000 metres) are signs of early altitude sickness. Do not ascend further until these symptoms settle.
Diamox helps to settle the symptoms of early altitude sickness more quickly.
Serious altitude sickness where there is a build up of fluid in the brain and/or the lungs is dangerous. Symptoms of extreme shortness of breath and/or disturbed mental function can come on rapidly. Over a period of hours symptoms can progress to coma and even death. At the first sign of these symptoms rapid descent of at least 1,500 feet (500 metres) is the best treatment. Other treatments include oxygen, steroids and Diamox.
If a person can not get their breath when everybody else has regained theirs or if a person is behaving strangely or can not walk in a straight line this is a medical emergency.
Diamox to improve sleep
At altitude (Above 3,000 metres) abnormal breathing often disturbs sleep. There can be prolonged pauses between breaths followed by brief periods of rapid breathing. This leads restless sleep and day time fatigue.
Diamox can be taken to reduce the sleep disturbance of altitude.
Acclimatising to altitude
The symptoms of mountain sickness and the dangers can be reduced by proper acclimatisation. See guidelines acclimatising to altitude.
Taking Diamox reduces the chances of getting mountain sickness, although it does not replace proper acclimatisation. Altitude sickness can and does still occur.
Side effects of Diamox
Most people taking Diamox do not experience side effects. Diamox side effects include: passing extra urine, flushing, thirst, headache, dizziness, fatigue, irritability, depression, a ‘tingling’ feeling in the extremities; some loss of appetite, taste disturbance, reduced libido and occasional instances of drowsiness and confusion. For a full list of side effects see the Diamox Patient Information Leaflet
People allergic to sulpha containing drugs should not take Diamox.
Diamox Dose
Dr Fox supplies 250mg Diamox tablets on prescription at a dose of one twice daily for early symptoms of mountain sickness. The dose is the same where forced ascent cannot be avoided. For Diamox dosage details.
The dose of 250mg Diamox tablets for sleep disturbance is half a tablet (125mg Diamox) twice daily.
Diamox online
Diamox is acetazolamide. It is available from online pharmacies. However pharmacies require their customers to provide their own prescriptions. Doctors usually charge £10 to £25.00 for private prescriptions. Most GPs would not be familiar enough with altitude medicine for them to prescribe Diamox.
Specialist travel clinics charge more than Dr Fox for Diamox online.
Diamox Overseas
It is safer to obtain Diamox online in the UK than to buy it overseas. We suppy genuine Diamox from an NHS pharmacy. Overseas tablets could be fake, out of date, or substandard.
