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“The data suggest that acetazolamide administration alters potassium exchange rates between intracellular and extracellular compartments in such a way as to protect from sudden upward surges in plasma potassium levels.”
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics • 1959 | View Paper
“However, net secretion of rubidium, as well as of potassium , could be demonstrated during periods of reduced filtration rate following administration of acetazoleamide.”
Developmental pharmacology and therapeutics • 1981 | View Paper
“Current studies in this laboratory indicate that humans treated with acetazolamide (250 mg q. 6 hr) have a lowered potassium entry rate from plasma into red blood cells and other large tissue pools of K+ probably muscle.”