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Meropenem 500 MG Injection — RxCUI 1722934

RxNorm drug concept · Semantic clinical drug
RxCUI 1722934 Semantic clinical drug · SCD ● Current RxNorm concept 44 FDA products 52 package NDCs Snapshot Jul 14, 2026

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🗂️ Key Facts

RxCUI1722934
Official nameMeropenem 500 MG Injection
Concept typeSemantic clinical drug (SCD)
RxNorm statusCurrent RxNorm concept
Also known asmeropenem (as meropenem trihydrate) 500 MG Injection
FDA products mapped44
Package NDCs mapped52
Reported Medicaid activity (SDUD)30,740 prescriptions · 48 state & territory Medicaid programs · latest period Q4 2025
RxNorm release07/06/2026
Snapshot dataJul 14, 2026

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Our pharmacist-built guide to Meropenem Injection: what it is, how it’s used, side effects, and interactions.

📗 Our plain-language guide HelloPharmacist
  • It's an IV antibiotic for complicated skin infections, complicated infections in the abdomen like appendicitis and peritonitis, and bacterial meningitis in children 3 months and ol...
  • A healthcare professional gives it through a vein, usually every 8 hours. It runs in over about 15 to 30 minutes, or sometimes as a quick injection over a few minutes. Your dose de...
  • The most common are diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, headache, rash and constipation. You might also notice redness or soreness where the IV goes in. Tell your care team if any of these...
  • Get help right away for trouble breathing, facial swelling, blistering or peeling skin, seizures, or muscle pain with dark urine. Also call about severe or lasting diarrhea, even w...
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🕸️ Concept Web — How Meropenem 500 MG Injection Connects

One RxCUI never lives alone. Follow the path from the raw ingredient down to the exact strength-and-form concepts FDA products carry — every stop is a real RxNorm concept with its own identifier. Hover or focus any chip for what it means.
This page's concept Meropenem 500 MG Injection RxCUI 1722934

Every web starts here: one RxCUI, one fixed meaning in the RxNorm vocabulary.

  1. Ingredients 1

    The active substance itself — no strength, form, or brand attached yet.

    • Meropenem 29561
  2. Dose forms 4

    The ingredient poured into a form — tablet, solution, cream — still without one fixed strength.

    • Meropenem Injection 1722933
    • Meropenem Injectable Product 1165713
    • Injection 1649574
    • Injectable Product 1151126
  3. Clinical & branded drugs 1

    Ingredient + strength + dose form. These are the concepts real FDA products actually carry.

    • Meropenem 500 MG 1722932

Showing up to 8 concepts per family — 6 of 6 stored related concepts drawn.
These are official RxNorm vocabulary relationships — how concepts name and organize the same medicine. They do not establish therapeutic equivalence or substitutability: two concepts appearing in one web is never a statement that products can be swapped.

🔀 Generic ⇄ Brand Crosswalk

The same medicine has an unbranded (generic) identity and one or more brand-name identities — each with its own RxCUI. This is a naming relationship in RxNorm, not a statement that any two products are substitutable.

Generic (Clinical) Concepts

  • Meropenem 500 MG SCDC · 1722932
  • Meropenem Injection SCDF · 1722933
  • Meropenem Injectable Product SCDG · 1165713

📦 FDA Products & Package NDCs

44 products · 52 package NDCs
52 package NDCs map to RxCUI 1722934 in the current snapshot — up to 50 per page. Each linked NDC opens its full package page.
Package NDC Package Brand / generic name Labeler Marketing start
00143-9430-10 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (0143-9430-10) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL (0143-... Meropenem Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. 2024-09-01
00143-9431-10 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (0143-9431-10) / 30 mL in 1 VIAL (0143-... Meropenem Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. 2024-09-01
00264-3183-11 24 CONTAINER in 1 CASE (0264-3183-11) / 50 mL in 1 CONTAINE... Meropenem and Sodium Chloride B. Braun Medical Inc. 2015-04-30
00264-3185-11 24 CONTAINER in 1 CASE (0264-3185-11) / 50 mL in 1 CONTAINE... Meropenem and Sodium Chloride B. Braun Medical Inc. 2015-04-30
00409-0222-10 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (0409-0222-10) / 10 mL in 1 VIAL (0409-... Meropenem Hospira, Inc. 2022-12-06
00409-1390-51 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (0409-1390-51) / 10 mL in 1 VIAL (0409-... Meropenem Hospira, Inc. 2019-10-09
00409-1391-22 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (0409-1391-22) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL (0409-... Meropenem Hospira, Inc. 2019-10-09
00409-3412-10 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (0409-3412-10) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL (0409-... Meropenem Hospira, Inc. 2022-12-06
00781-3000-95 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (0781-3000-95) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL (0781-... MEROPENEM Sandoz Inc 2016-08-29
00781-3000-96 25 VIAL in 1 CARTON (0781-3000-96) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL (0781-... MEROPENEM Sandoz Inc 2016-08-29
00781-3098-95 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (0781-3098-95) / 30 mL in 1 VIAL (0781-... MEROPENEM Sandoz Inc 2016-08-29
00781-3098-96 25 VIAL in 1 CARTON (0781-3098-96) / 30 mL in 1 VIAL (0781-... MEROPENEM Sandoz Inc 2016-08-29
25021-0160-20 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (25021-160-20) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL Meropenem Sagent Pharmaceuticals 2025-11-01
25021-0161-30 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (25021-161-30) / 30 mL in 1 VIAL Meropenem Sagent Pharmaceuticals 2025-11-01
44567-0145-10 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (44567-145-10) / 1 INJECTION, POWDER, F... Meropenem WG Critical Care, LLC 2021-06-30
44567-0146-10 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (44567-146-10) / 1 INJECTION, POWDER, F... Meropenem WG Critical Care, LLC 2021-06-30
44567-0400-10 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (44567-400-10) / 1 INJECTION, POWDER, F... Meropenem WG Critical Care, LLC 2020-01-09
44567-0401-10 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (44567-401-10) / 1 INJECTION, POWDER, F... Meropenem WG Critical Care, LLC 2020-01-09
44647-0032-10 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (44647-032-10) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL (44647... MEROPENEM Savior Lifetec Corporation 2016-04-19
44647-0033-10 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (44647-033-10) / 30 mL in 1 VIAL (44647... MEROPENEM Savior Lifetec Corporation 2016-04-19
51810-0502-02 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (51810-502-02) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL (51810... Meropenem Qilu Antibiotics Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 2024-12-30
51810-0503-02 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (51810-503-02) / 30 mL in 1 VIAL (51810... Meropenem Qilu Antibiotics Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 2024-12-30
55150-0207-20 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (55150-207-20) / 1 INJECTION, POWDER, F... Meropenem Eugia US LLC 2017-03-27
55150-0208-30 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (55150-208-30) / 1 INJECTION, POWDER, F... Meropenem Eugia US LLC 2017-03-27
63323-0507-20 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (63323-507-20) / 10 mL in 1 VIAL (63323... Meropenem Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC 2011-10-14
63323-0507-21 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (63323-507-21) / 10 mL in 1 VIAL (63323... Meropenem Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC 2011-10-14
63323-0507-25 25 VIAL in 1 CARTON (63323-507-25) / 10 mL in 1 VIAL (63323... Meropenem Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC 2011-10-14
63323-0508-25 25 VIAL in 1 CARTON (63323-508-25) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL (63323... Meropenem Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC 2011-10-26
63323-0508-30 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (63323-508-30) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL (63323... Meropenem Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC 2011-10-26
63323-0508-31 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (63323-508-31) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL (63323... Meropenem Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC 2011-10-26
68083-0146-10 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (68083-146-10) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL Meropenem Gland Pharma Limited 2017-04-28
68083-0147-10 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (68083-147-10) / 30 mL in 1 VIAL Meropenem Gland Pharma Limited 2017-04-28
70121-1453-07 10 VIAL, GLASS in 1 CARTON (70121-1453-7) / 30 mL in 1 VIAL... Meropenem Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC 2016-05-09
70121-1454-07 10 VIAL, GLASS in 1 CARTON (70121-1454-7) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL... Meropenem Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC 2016-05-09
70594-0075-02 10 VIAL, GLASS in 1 CARTON (70594-075-02) / 1 INJECTION, PO... MEROPENEM Xellia Pharmaceuticals USA LLC 2021-06-28
70594-0076-02 10 VIAL, GLASS in 1 CARTON (70594-076-02) / 1 INJECTION, PO... MEROPENEM Xellia Pharmaceuticals USA LLC 2021-06-28
72485-0411-01 1 VIAL in 1 CARTON (72485-411-01) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL Meropenem ARMAS PHARMACEUTICALS INC 2023-08-10
72485-0411-10 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (72485-411-10) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL Meropenem ARMAS PHARMACEUTICALS INC 2023-08-10
72485-0411-25 25 VIAL in 1 CARTON (72485-411-25) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL Meropenem ARMAS PHARMACEUTICALS INC 2023-08-10
72485-0412-01 1 VIAL in 1 CARTON (72485-412-01) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL Meropenem ARMAS PHARMACEUTICALS INC 2023-08-10
72485-0412-10 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (72485-412-10) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL Meropenem ARMAS PHARMACEUTICALS INC 2023-08-10
72485-0412-25 25 VIAL in 1 CARTON (72485-412-25) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL Meropenem ARMAS PHARMACEUTICALS INC 2023-08-10
72572-0410-10 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (72572-410-10) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL Meropenem Civica, Inc. 2025-09-08
72572-0412-10 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (72572-412-10) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL Meropenem Civica, Inc. 2025-09-08
72572-0415-10 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (72572-415-10) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL (72572... MEROPENEM Civica, Inc 2020-09-23
72572-0416-10 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (72572-416-10) / 30 mL in 1 VIAL (72572... MEROPENEM Civica, Inc 2020-09-23
81962-0000-01 1 VIAL in 1 CARTON (81962-000-01) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL Meropenem BROOKS STERISCIENCE LIMITED 2023-05-31
81962-0000-02 10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (81962-000-02) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL Meropenem BROOKS STERISCIENCE LIMITED 2023-05-31
81962-0000-03 25 VIAL in 1 CARTON (81962-000-03) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL Meropenem BROOKS STERISCIENCE LIMITED 2023-05-31
81962-0001-01 1 VIAL in 1 CARTON (81962-001-01) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL Meropenem BROOKS STERISCIENCE LIMITED 2023-05-31
Observed labelers: ARMAS PHARMACEUTICALS INC (6) · BROOKS STERISCIENCE LIMITED (6) · Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC (6) · Hospira, Inc. (4) · Sandoz Inc (4) · WG Critical Care, LLC (4) · +12 more — this is the FDA-listed mapping footprint, not sales, inventory, availability, or market share.

🧾 Billing Codes (HCPCS)

Medical billing codes (HCPCS "J-codes") that connect to this concept's packages — used mostly when a clinic or hospital bills for a drug it administers. Each code links to its full billing page.
CodeDescriptorMapped packagesSources
J2185 Meropenem 31 CMS
J2184 Inj, meropenem (b. braun) 2 CMS
⚠ A crosswalk is not coverage: an NDC↔HCPCS mapping does not guarantee any payer covers or pays the code. Always verify the current payer policy before billing.

🗃️ Sources & Limits

Atlas generation902fddb9-e9c1-4004-bf4c-dba4d51037c7
openFDA export observedJul 14, 2026
RxNorm release07/06/2026
Methodology2026-07-full-catalog-v1
  • A shared RxCUI does not prove interchangeability. Products mapped to the same concept are not thereby equivalent or substitutable — equivalence is a separate, product-level determination.
  • Listing here does not establish approval or coverage. Appearing in this snapshot is a data observation, not an FDA approval status or a payer coverage decision.
  • Missing data never means zero. A silent dataset (no price, no billing code, no utilization) means no observation — not that the real-world value is zero.
  • Counts describe the mapping footprint. Product, package, and labeler counts are the FDA-listed mapping footprint in this snapshot — not sales, inventory, availability, or market share.
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