User:Mr. Ibrahem/Meropenem/vaborbactam

Meropenem/vaborbactam, sold under the trade name Vabomere among others, is a combination medication used to treat complicated urinary tract infections, complicated abdominal infections, and hospital-acquired pneumonia. It contains meropenem, a β-lactam antibiotic, and vaborbactam, a β-lactamase inhibitor. It is given by injection into a vein.

Common side effects include headache, inflammation at the site of injection, nausea, diarrhea, liver inflammation, and low blood potassium. Severe side effects may include anaphylaxis, seizures, and Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea. It is unclear if use during pregnancy is safe. Meropenem works by blocking the construction of the bacterial cell wall while vaborbactam blocks the breakdown of meropenem by some β-lactamases.

The combination was approved for medical use in the United States in 2017 and Europe in 2018. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. In the United States it costs about US$1,126 per day as of 2019.