Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Altitude Sickness Prevention and Efficacy of Comparative Treatments
Brief Summary: This study is designed to be the first to examine the novel drug budesonide for prevention of acute mountain sickness in comparison to acetazolamide and in the context of rapid ascent to high altitude. The investigators will accomplish these objectives with a prospective, double blinded view of a large population of hikers who are ascending at their own rate in a true hiking environment.