I have recently been diagnosted with
pseudotumor cerebri by a neurologist due
to my optic nerves being swollen. he
currently has me on 250mg of diamox, 2x a
day, if needed 3. i have horrible
headachdes almost every day and he now is
talking about "uping" my medication to 2
grams a day. i don't know if i really want
to take that much diamox, knowing that it
can cause kidney damage. he also spoke
about possible surgeries to release the
pressure in my head. i don't know how
comfortable i am with doing any of this.
if someone knows more about this them me,
please answer me back. thank u
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shelly4177
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Oct 2007 Posts: 4 Location: ,
Might Help Posted: 10-20-07 09:16am
I was in the same situation a few years
ago. I was having a lot of side effects
with the Diamox and was all around not
happy. My doctor started me on 500 mg
time release capsules and most of the side
effect went away. I don't know if your
doctor has tried this or not but it is
much better than regular diamox and you
only take one pill a day. It does cost a
little more but it is really worth it.
