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5 medications to help prevent or treat altitude sickness
Diamox (acetazolamide) helps the body adapt to high elevations and prevent altitude sickness. Nifedipine ER can treat high-altitude pulmonary edema when other options aren't available. Ibuprofen can ...
In the 2021 Netflix documentary 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible, elite mountaineer Nirmal Purja races up the world’s highest summits at extraordinary speed. But even he isn’t immune to altitude.
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