Medications and Narcotics that Can Cause Muscle Weakness
- Amiodarone (Cordarone)
- Antithyroid agents: methimazole (Tapazole); propylthiouracil
- Antiretroviral medications: zidovudine (Retrovir); lamivudine (Epivir)
- Chemotherapeutic agents
- Cimetidine (Tagamet)
- Cocaine
- Corticosteroids
- Fibric acid derivatives: gemfibrozil (Lopid)
- Interferon
- Leuprolide acetate (Lupron)
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
- Penicillin
- Sulfonamides
- Statins
Bannwarth B (2002). Drug-induced myopathies. Expert Opin Drug Saf. 1:65–70.
Ferri FF (2000). Ferri’s Clinical advisor: instant diagnosis and treatment. Mosby.
Anabolic Steroids
See National Geographic Channel's Science of Steroids.
