title: Drugs causing muscle disease.
abstract: Many drugs can cause myopathies, and such myopathies may range widely from asymptomatic elevations in the serum creatine phosphokinase levels to severe myalgias, cramps, exercise intolerance, muscle weakness, and even rhabdomyolysis. In this article, some of the commonly used drugs that may induce myopathies, as well as the clinical phenotypes, diagnosis, and management of these syndromes are reviewed.
authors: Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 301 East 17th Street Room 1410, New York, NY 10003, USA.
authors: Adam
authors: A
authors: Mor
authors: Robert L
authors: RL
authors: Wortmann
authors: Hal J
authors: HJ
authors: Mitnick
authors: Michael H
authors: MH
authors: Pillinger
mesh_terms: D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000139:chemically induced; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D028761:Withholding Treatment
chemical_list: D003402:Creatine Kinase