Emerging toxic neuropathies and myopathies.

There is a daunting list of toxins that can affect the peripheral nervous system, with new drugs and chemicals added to this list every year. This article focuses on some of the more recent toxic neuropathies and myopathies that have emerged from the medical literature. Among these are toxic myopathies caused by statins, daptomycin, imatinib, hydroxychloroquine, and highly active antiretroviral therapy; neuromuscular junction toxicity caused by tandutinib; toxic peripheral neuropathies caused by bortezomib, angel's trumpet, cisplatin, oxaliplatin, tumor necrosis factor α antagonists, cobalt-chromium, and ixabepilone; and a unique syndrome reported in workers exposed to aerosolized porcine neural tissue.