Pharmacogenic myopathy is a type of myopathy that is due to the intake of medicines. It is also known as drug-induced or toxic myopathy. This is a condition that is characterized by manifestations of myopathy such as muscle pain, muscle weakness, creatine kinase elevation and myoglobinuria in a person with no known muscle disease and who are taking certain medicines.
Medicines that can cause myopathy include the following:
- HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins)
- Fibrates
- Alcohol
- penicillamine
- Interferon-alpha
- Procainamide
- Zidovudine
- Germanium
- Colchicine
- Vincristine
- Chloroquine
- Hydroxychloroquine
- Quinacrine
- Perhexiline
- Amiodarone
- Emetine
- Ipecac
- Corticosteroids