Composition

active ingredient: meropenem;

1 vial contains meropenem trihydrate equivalent to meropenem anhydrous 500 mg or 1.0 g;

excipient: sodium carbonate monohydrate equivalent to sodium carbonate anhydrous.

Indications

Eupenem is indicated for the treatment of the following infections in adults and children over 3 months of age

- pneumonia, including community-acquired and hospital-acquired pneumonia

- bronchopulmonary infections in cystic fibrosis;

- complicated urinary tract infections;

- complicated intra-abdominal infections;

- infections during childbirth and postpartum infections;

- complicated skin and soft tissue infections;

- acute bacterial meningitis.

Eupenem may be used to treat patients with neutropenia and fever suspected to be caused by a bacterial infection.

Treatment of patients with bacteremia that is or may be associated with any of the above infections.

Official recommendations for the appropriate use of antibacterial drugs should be taken into account.

Contraindications

Hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients of the drug.

Hypersensitivity to any other antibacterial agent of the carbapenem group.

Severe hypersensitivity (e.g., anaphylactic reactions, severe skin reactions) to any other type of beta-lactam antibacterial agents (e.g., penicillins or cephalosporins).

Routes of Administration and Dosage Take orally.

Europenem is usually administered as an intravenous infusion lasting 15 to 30 minutes. In addition, doses of meropenem up to 20 mg/kg may be administered as an intravenous bolus injection over approximately 5 minutes. There are limited safety data supporting the administration of 40 mg/kg as an intravenous bolus injection in children.

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