Drugs causing toxic neuropathy

Purpose of Review Toxic neuropathies are an important preventable and treatable form of peripheral neuropathy. While many forms of toxic neuropathies have been recognized for decades, an updated review is provided to increase vigilant in this area of neurology. A literature review was conducted to gather recent information about toxic neuropathies, which included the causes, clinical findings

Methanol is the cause of toxic neuropathy that is recognized most widely and it can caused by several drugs, including ethambutol, amiodorone, and tamoxifen.

In fact, peripheral neuropathy can be caused by nerve toxicity from commonly prescribed drugs: medications prescribed by physicians who are not aware of the possible relationship between the medication and the neuropathy.

The most common cause of toxic neuropathy is drug toxicity, particularly associated with chemotherapy treatments.

Toxic neuropathy due to recreational drug or chemical abuse may be A variety of drugs and industrial chemicals cause distal axonopathy.

medications, or drugs that may be toxic. If lead is the cause of toxic optic neuropathy, chelating drugshemodialysis. Magnifiers, large-print devices, and

Neuropathies due to toxins are an important preventable cause of peripheral neuropathy throughout the world. Typical causes of toxic neuropathies include alcohol, drug therapies, biological toxins, industrial toxins, metabolic causes, and heavy metals.

In fact, peripheral neuropathy can be caused by nerve toxicity from commonly prescribed drugs: medications prescribed by physicians who are not aware of the possible relationship between the medication and the neuropathy.

Cipro toxicity is when a commonly prescribed drug, ciprofloxacin, causes symptoms such as pain, depression, anxiety, fatigue, peripheral neuropathy