Antimicrobials
Meropenem

Meropenem

Restricted

Medium
N/A
$28/day

General Information

  • Multidrug-resistant gram-negative infection of the lower respiratory tract, urinary tract, intra-abdominal, gynecologic, bone and joint, septicemias, endocarditis, and CNS
  • Treatment of multiple organism infection in which other agents have an insufficient spectrum of activity or are contraindicated due to toxic potential
  • Therapeutic alternative for treatment of gram-negative sepsis in immunocompromised patients.
  • Renal and hepatic function
  • CBC
  • GI upset
  • Rash
  • Decrease blood counts, cytopenias, bone marrow suppression
  • Hepatic dysfunction

Antimicrobial class: Carbapenem

Average serum half life: Prolonged with renal insufficiency

Route of Elimination: Primarily renal