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Please provide a tip on how to ask your doctor about altitude sickness.
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Ignore: Ask your doctor for a prescription of Diamox (acetazolamide) before ascending altitude.
Answered 5/21/2014
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Ignore: Just ask. It will make you feel better.
Answered 7/1/2014
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