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Note: Italicized words are defined in the glossary.
| Category of Drug | Example(s) | Treatment of: | Resulting Neuropathy (All Peripheral) | |||||
| Chemotherapy | Vincristine/Vinblastin | leukemia | sensorimotor polyneuropathy | |||||
| Oxaliplatin/Capecitabine | colon cancer | polyneuropathy | ||||||
| Paclitaxel | lung/ovarian/breast cancer | polyneuropathy | ||||||
| Antifungal/protozoa | Clinoquinol | both drugs for viral and | subacute myeloptic neuropathy | |||||
| Metronidazole | protozoal infections | poly- and distal sensory neuropathy | ||||||
| Antibiotic | Nitrofurantoin | urinary tract infection | polyneuropathy | |||||
| Infectuous Diseases | Isoniazid | tuberculosis | sensorimotor neuropathy | |||||
| Choloroquine | malaria | motor polyneuropathy | ||||||
| Cardiovascular and | Perhexiline/Disopyramide | angina pectoris | distal sensorimotor neuropathy | |||||
| Cholesterol-Related | Clofibrate | high cholesterol | distal motor neuropathy | |||||
| Hypnotics | Thalidomide | sedative & chemotherapy | sensory neuropathy | |||||
| for multiple myeloma | ||||||||
| Psychotheraputics | Disulfiram/Cyanamide | severe Alcoholism | sensorimotor neuropathy | |||||
| (for Addictions) | ||||||||
| These are just a few examples of common drugs used to cure ailments of all kinds. | ||||||||
Note: The incidence rate of the development of neuropathy from these drugs is only 2-4%.