Drug-induced neuropathies are mainly sensory and subacute. The pathophysiological mechanisms associated with them are not clearly established and few pharmacoepidemiologic studies are available.
Laboratoire de pharmacologie médicale et clinique, Unité de pharmacoépidémiologie, EA 3696, Université Paul-Sabatier, Faculté de Médecine, F-31000 Toulouse, France. durrieu@cict.fr