(from the article `pharmaceutical industry`) ...Inhibition of carbonic anhydrase produces diuresis (urine formation). Subsequently, many sulfanilamide-like compounds were synthesized and ...
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<chemical> A carbonic anhydrase inhibitor 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...
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(as″et-ә-zol´ә-mīd) a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor used in treatment of glaucoma, petit mal epilepsy, familial periodic paralysis, and acute mountain sickness, and as a urinary alkalyzer in prophylaxis and treatment of uric acid renal calculi. Side effects are minor but an electrolyte imbalance wi...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: as′ĕ-tă-zol′ă-mīd Definitions: 1. The heterocyclic sulfonamide 5-acetylamido-1,3,4-thiadiazole-2-sulfonamide, which inhibits the action of carbonic anhydrase in the kidney, increasing the urinary excretion of sodium, potassium, and bicarbonate, reducing excretion of ammonium, raising the pH ...
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a crystalline powder, CHNOS, used chiefly in the treatment of glaucoma and edema.
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