Merrem and Cancidas drug interactions - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data

Summary:

Drug interactions are reported among people who take Merrem (meropenem) and Cancidas (caspofungin acetate). Common drug interactions include cardiac failure congestive among females and pyrexia among males.

The phase IV clinical study analyzes what interactions people have when they take Merrem and Cancidas. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 29 people who take the same drugs from the FDA, and is updated regularly.

What is Merrem?

Merrem has active ingredients of meropenem. eHealthMe is studying from 996 Merrem users. Check the latest studies of Merrem.

What is Cancidas?

Cancidas has active ingredients of caspofungin acetate. eHealthMe is studying from 4,879 Cancidas users. Check the latest studies of Cancidas.

On Jul, 20, 2026

29 people who take Merrem and Cancidas together, and have interactions are studied.

What are the common drug interactions of Merrem and Cancidas, by gender? *:

female:

Cardiac failure congestive
Cellulitis (infection under the skin)
Coagulopathy (blood's ability to clot is impaired)
Confusional state
Death
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (systemic activation of blood coagulation)
Enterobacter test positive
Enterococcus test positive
Febrile neutropenia (fever with reduced white blood cells)
Gallbladder polyp (growths or lesions resembling growths (polypoid lesions) in the wall of the gallbladder)

male:

Pyrexia (fever)
Hypotension (abnormally low blood pressure)
Interstitial lung disease
Metapneumovirus infection (infection with human metapneumovirus)
Pneumonia
Pulmonary embolism (blockage of the main artery of the lung)
Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (an inflammatory state affecting the whole body, frequently a response of the immune system to infection)
Cytokine release syndrome (immediate complication occurring with the use of anti-t cell antibody infusions)
Hypocalcaemia (levels of calcium in blood serum are abnormally low)
Tachycardia (a heart rate that exceeds the range of 100 beats/min)

What are the common drug interactions of Merrem and Cancidas, by age (0-1 to 60+)? *:

0-1:

Abdominal infection
Activated partial thromboplastin time prolonged
Alanine aminotransferase increased
Ammonia decreased
Anaemia (lack of blood)
Anion gap increased
Aspartate aminotransferase increased
Blast cell count increased
Blood albumin decreased
Blood calcium decreased

2-9:

n/a

10-19:

Acute lymphocytic leukaemia recurrent (cancer in which the bone marrow makes too many lymphocytes-recurrent)
Blood creatinine increased
Blood lactic acid increased
Blood urea increased
Bone marrow failure
Bradycardia (abnormally slow heart action)
Cytokine release syndrome (immediate complication occurring with the use of anti-t cell antibody infusions)
Cytokine storm (over-protective immune response that can actually be fatal)
Gastrointestinal haemorrhage (bleeding gastrointestinal tract)
Haematuria (presence of blood in urine)

20-29:

n/a

30-39:

Cardiac failure congestive
Death
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (systemic activation of blood coagulation)
Febrile neutropenia (fever with reduced white blood cells)
Multi-organ failure (multisystem organ failure)
Sepsis (a severe blood infection that can lead to organ failure and death)
Blood alkaline phosphatase increased
Blood bilirubin increased
Gamma-glutamyltransferase increased
Pericardial effusion (fluid around the heart)

40-49:

Multi-organ failure (multisystem organ failure)
Sepsis (a severe blood infection that can lead to organ failure and death)
Vascular pseudoaneurysm ruptured (leakage of arterial blood from an artery into the surrounding tissue with a continuing communication between the originating artery and the resultant adjacent cavity)
Blood magnesium decreased
Blood potassium decreased
Cardiac arrest
Dermatitis exfoliative (widespread scaling of the skin, often with itching (pruritus), skin redness (erythroderma), and hair loss)
Electrocardiogram qt prolonged
Rash
Systemic mycosis (fungal infections of the body)

50-59:

Dementia alzheimer's type (loss of mental ability with alzheimer's symptom)
Dental fistula
Diarrhoea
Dilatation ventricular
Diverticulum intestinal (a pouch that is attached to the first part of the small intestine)
Dizziness
Ear discomfort
Ecchymosis (a discoloration of the skin resulting from bleeding underneath)
Eczema (patches of skin become rough and inflamed, with itching and bleeding blisters)
Encephalopathy (functioning of the brain is affected by some agent or condition)

60+:

Hypotension (abnormally low blood pressure)
Stevens-johnson syndrome (an immune-complex-mediated hypersensitivity disorder. it ranges from mild skin and mucous membrane lesions to a severe)
Toxic epidermal necrolysis (a rare, life-threatening skin condition that is usually caused by a reaction to drugs causes wide spread skin destruction)
Cytomegalovirus infection
Cytomegalovirus test positive
Diarrhoea
Alanine aminotransferase increased
Ascites (accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity)
Atelectasis (partial or complete collapse of the lung)
Blood alkaline phosphatase increased

What are the existing conditions these people have? *

Fever: 5 people, 17.24%
Hypotension (abnormally low blood pressure): 5 people, 17.24%
Bacterial Infection: 5 people, 17.24%
Bone Pain: 4 people, 13.79%
Hyperuricaemia (level of uric acid in the blood that is abnormally high): 4 people, 13.79%
Cytomegalovirus Infection: 4 people, 13.79%
Metapneumovirus Infection (infection with human metapneumovirus): 4 people, 13.79%
Multiple Myeloma (cancer of the plasma cells): 4 people, 13.79%
Interstitial Lung Disease: 4 people, 13.79%
Pulmonary Embolism (blockage of the main artery of the lung): 4 people, 13.79%

* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.

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