The Meropenem, both times I was on it, was for my 3 or 4 strains of pseudomonas. Last year, I was on other IV meds first, Tobra and I think Zosyn? and they didn't quite work. So about a month after they finished, I went on the Meropenem. This time, I hadn't been on IVs since last August. My doc suggested Cipro, but that always kind of halts my life for 2 weeks, because I have to stay home, anchored to my toilet (that stuff gives me the most fun diarrhea ever). In all reality, I'd much rather have slight nausea for 2 weeks, along with maybe 2 days of worse nausea. With the nausea, at least I can still go out. And it never actually made me thrown up on its own. Last summer, no vomiting at all. This January or so, I started puking from coughing too hard. Never done it ebfore. This summer, the only time I threw up was when I had a coughing fit that was so hard, I was gagging, the Meropenem just kind of sent me over the edge, and I puked. But I do that free of Meropenem sometimes now anyway.
So, uhm, yeah I just rambled on forever. But basically, I went on it for several strains of pseudomonas.