Answer Questions About the New Antibiotic Eravacycline

You'll get questions about eravacycline (Xerava, zeh-RAH-veh), a new IV tetracycline.

Which infections will eravacycline treat? It's approved for complicated intra-abdominal infections...but don't expect much use.

Eravacycline doesn't work better than ertapenem or meropenem...and causes more nausea and IV site reactions.