DIURETICS-CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS

SUMMARY

1. Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (acetazolamide) disrupt the proximal tubule Na⁺/H⁺ counter-transporter by reducing the availabilities of H⁺ in the tubule cells and H₂CO₃^- in the lumen.

2. Then, the Na⁺/H⁺ counter-transporter does not have substrate. Na⁺ is not absorbed and H⁺ is not secreted.

3. A mild diuresis ensues (as well as generation of a metabolic acidosis, similar to proximal, Type 2 RTA).

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