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PubChem
| Name: | Acetazolamide |
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| PubChem Compound ID: | 1986 |
| Description: | One of the CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS that is sometimes effective against absence seizures. It is sometimes useful also as an adjunct in the treatment of tonic-clonic, myoclonic, and atonic seizures, particularly in women whose seizures occur or are exacerbated at specific times in the menstrual cycle. However, its usefulness is transient often because of rapid development of tolerance. Its antiepileptic effect may be due to its inhibitory effect on brain carbonic anhydrase, which leads to an increased transneuronal chloride gradient, increased chloride current, and increased inhibition. (From Smith and Reynard, Textbook of Pharmacology, 1991, p337) |
| Molecular formula: | C4H6N4O3S2 |
| Molecular weight: | 222.248 g/mol |
| Synonyms: |
Acetazolamide (JP15/USP); EU-0100039; Prestwick1_000003; C06805; 2-Acetylamino-1,3,4-thiadiazole-5-sulfonamide; SPBio_001926; CHEBI:27690; Acetazoleamide; KBio2_000358; Diluran.
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Identification
| Name: | Acetazolamide |
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| Name (isomeric): | DB00819 |
| Drug Type: | small molecule |
| Description: | One of the CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS that is sometimes effective against absence seizures. It is sometimes useful also as an adjunct in the treatment of tonic-clonic, myoclonic, and atonic seizures, particularly in women whose seizures occur or are exacerbated at specific times in the menstrual cycle. However, its usefulness is transient often because of rapid development of tolerance. Its antiepileptic effect may be due to its inhibitory effect on brain carbonic anhydrase, which leads to an increased transneuronal chloride gradient, increased chloride current, and increased inhibition. (From Smith and Reynard, Textbook of Pharmacology, 1991, p337) |
| Synonyms: |
Acetozalamide; Acetazolamine; Acetazolamid; Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitor 6063; Acetazoleamide; Acetazolamide Sodium; Acetamidothiadiazolesulfonamide
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| Brand: | Diutazol, Apo-Acetazolamide, Ak-Zol, Eumicton, Dazamide, Nephramid, Atenezol, Fonurit, Natrionex, Acetamox, Duiramid, Glaupax, Defiltran, Diakarb, Storzolamide, Dehydratin, Didoc, Donmox, Glupax, Diamox Sequels, Phonurit, Nephramide, Diacarb, Vetamox, Diamox, Acetazolam, Diuramid, Diuriwas, Diluran, Sk-Acetazolamide, Cidamex, Edemox, Diureticum-Holzinger |
| Category: | Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors, Diuretics, Anticonvulsants |
| CAS number: | 59-66-5 |
Pharmacology
| Indication: | For adjunctive treatment of: edema due to congestive heart failure; drug-induced edema; centrencephalic epilepsies; chronic simple (open-angle) glaucoma |
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| Pharmacology: |
Acetazolamide is a potent carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, effective in the control of fluid secretion, in the treatment of certain convulsive disorders and in the promotion of diuresis in instances of abnormal fluid retention. Acetazolamide is not a mercurial diuretic. Rather, it is a nonbacteriostatic sulfonamide possessing a chemical structure and ...
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| Mechanism of Action: |
The anticonvulsant activity of Acetazolamide may depend on a direct inhibition of carbonic anhydrase in the CNS, which decreases carbon dioxide tension in the pulmonary alveoli, thus increasing arterial oxygen tension. The diuretic effect depends on the inhibition of carbonic anhydrase, causing a reduction in the availability of hydrogen ions for a...
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| Protein binding: | 98% |
| Half Life: | 3 to 9 hours |
| Affected organisms: | Humans and other mammals |
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