Ethacrynic Sodium and Merrem

• Generic Name: ethacrynic acid
• Dosage Forms: tablets; powder, for solution
• Other Brand Names: Edecrin, Edecrin Sodium, Sodium Edecrin

Ethacrynic acid is a loop diuretic (water pill) that prevents your body from absorbing too much salt, allowing the salt to instead be passed in your urine.

Ethacrynic acid is used to treat fluid retention (edema) in people with congestive heart failure, liver disease, or a kidney disorder such as nephrotic syndrome.

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

• Generic Name: meropenem
• Dosage Forms: injection
• Other Brand Names: Merrem, Merrem Novaplus

Merrem (meropenem) is an antibiotic that fights bacteria.

Merrem is used to treat severe infections of the skin or stomach.

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