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Drug‐Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
Author(s) -
Vilholm Ole Jakob,
Christensen Alex Alban,
Zedan Ahmed Hussein,
Itani Mustapha
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
basic and clinical pharmacology and toxicology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1742-7843
pISSN - 1742-7835
DOI - 10.1111/bcpt.12261
Subject(s) - drug , peripheral neuropathy , medicine , peripheral , pharmacology , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus
Peripheral neuropathy can be caused by medication, and various descriptions have been applied for this condition. In this MiniReview, the term ‘drug‐induced peripheral neuropathy’ ( DIPN ) is used with the suggested definition: Damage to nerves of the peripheral nervous system caused by a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention or diagnosis of a disease. Optic neuropathy is included in this definition. A distinction between DIPN and other aetiologies of peripheral neuropathy is often quite difficult and thus, the aim of this MiniReview is to discuss the major agents associated with DIPN .