Recarbrio for injection, for intravenous use

Merck

Recarbrio is a pharmaceutical agent that treats infections caused by susceptible gram-negative microorganisms in patients 18 years of age or older.

It is a combination of imipenem, a penem antibacterial, cilastatin, a renal dehydropeptidase inhibitor and relebactam, a betalactamase inhibitor, which treats hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia, complicated urinary tract infections and complicated intra-abdominal infections.

Common side effects include diarrhea, nausea, headache, vomiting, increased alanine aminotransferase, increased aspartate aminotransferase, infusion site reaction, fever and high blood pressure.

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