What is Diamox? Diamox (alias Acetazolamide), as it is used for Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), is a diuretic (i.e. it promotes the production of urine) and a prophylactic (i.e. is used as a preventative medicine – not a cure). It is also a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor (ahem, what?). Essentially this means that it promotes the...Read More