Drugs that can induce myopathy

  • Statins, fibrates, alcohol: Mecrotizing myopathy
  • Statins, D-penicillamine, interferon-α, procainamide: Inflammatory myopathy
  • Zidovudine, germanium: Mitochondrial myopathy
  • Colchicine, vincristine: Antimicrotubular myopathy
  • Chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, quinacrine, perhexiline, amiodarone: Lysosomal storage myopathy
  • Emetine, ipecac: Myofibrillar myopathy
  • Corticosteroids: Type II muscle fiber atrophy