re altitude adjustment in article mdavcr mda ca vida mdavcr mda ca vida morkunas writes i live at sea level and am called upon to travel to high altitude cities quite frequently on business the cities in question are at to feet of altitude one of them especially is very polluted often i feel faint the first two or three days i feel lightheaded and my heart seems to pound a lot more than at sea level also it is very dry in these cities so i will tend to drink a lot of water and keep away from dehydrating drinks such as those containing caffeine or alcohol thing is i still have symptoms how can i ensure that my short trips there no i don t usually have a week to acclimatize are as comfortable as possible is there something else that i could do i saw a lifetime medical television show a few months back on travel medicine it briefly mentioned some drugs which when started two or three days before getting to altitude could assist in acclimitazation unfortunately all that i can recall is that the drug stimulated breathing at night i don t know if that makes sense it seems to me that the new drug which stimulates red blood cell production would be a more logical approach erythropoiten sp alas i didn t record the program but wish i had since i live at over ft and my mother gets sick when visiting please let me know if you get more informative responses phone martin e lewitt my opinions are domain lewitt ncube com p o box my own not my sandia melewitt cs sandia gov sandia park nm employer s
