Merocan-1mg Injection

• A broad-spectrum carbapenem Antibiotic.
• Active against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.
• Has significant stability to hydrolysis by β-lactamases of most categories, both penicillinases and cephalosporinases, produced by Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. 

Meropenem is an antibiotic that is used to treat severe infections of the skin or stomach.

Meropenem is also used to treat bacterial meningitis (infection that causes inflammation of the tissue that covers the brain and spinal cord).

Meropenem may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

Effective in Treating:

• Community acquired lower respiratory tract infections.
• Complicated urinary tract infections
• Febrile neutropenia
• Intra-abdominal and gynaecological (polymicrobial) infections
• Complicated skin and skin structure infections
• Septicaemia
• Bacterial Meningitis

Get emergency medical help if you have signs of an allergic reaction (hives, difficult breathing, swelling in your face or throat) or a severe skin reaction (fever, sore throat, burning in your eyes, skin pain, red or purple skin rash that spreads and causes blistering and peeling).

Seek medical treatment if you have a serious drug reaction that can affect many parts of your body. Symptoms may include skin rash, fever, swollen glands, muscle aches, severe weakness, unusual bruising, or yellowing of your skin or eyes.

Meropenem may cause serious side effects. Call your doctor at once if you have:

• severe stomach pain, diarrhea that is watery or bloody;
• a seizure (convulsions);
• sores or white patches in your mouth or throat (yeast infection or "thrush");
• severe tingling or numbness; or
• low red blood cells (anemia)--pale skin, unusual tiredness, feeling light-headed or short of breath, cold hands and feet.

This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects.

Follow all directions on your prescription label and read all medication guides or instruction sheets. Use the medicine exactly as directed.

Meropenem is given as an infusion into a vein. A healthcare provider will give your first dose and may teach you how to properly use the medication by yourself.

Meropenem must be mixed with a liquid (diluent) before using it. Read and carefully follow any Instructions for Use provided with your medicine. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you don't understand all instructions.

Prepare an injection only when you are ready to give it. Do not mix other injectable medications in the same IV bag or tubing with meropenem. Do not use if the medicine has changed colors or has particles in it. Call your pharmacist for new medicine.

Use this medicine for the full prescribed length of time, even if your symptoms quickly improve. Skipping doses can increase your risk of infection that is resistant to medication. Meropenem will not treat a viral infection such as the flu or a common cold.

Common side effects of meropenem may include:

• headache.
• nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation.
• rash; or
• anemia.

Tell your doctor if you have a history of allergies to any antibiotic medications.

Tell your doctor about all your other medicines, especially:

• divalproex sodium;
• probenecid; or
• valproic acid.