Muscle weakness
More common causes
Sleep paralysis
Kwashiorkor
Chronic kidney disease
Cachexia
Kennedy's disease
Hypoglycemia
Polymyalgia rheumatica
Transient ischemic attack
Lumbar disk herniation
Muscle atrophy
Vitamin E deficiency
Hyperkalemia
Myopathy
Peripheral neuropathy
Disuse atrophy of muscle
Proximal muscle weakness
Muscular dystrophy
Multiple sclerosis
Poliomyelitis
Thiamine deficiency
Marasmus
Systemic sclerosis
Less common causes
Motor neuron disease
Progressive external ophthalmoplegia
Glycogenosis type 7
Distal muscle weakness
Myasthenia gravis
Syringomyelia
Water intoxication
Intervertebral disc herniation
Hypocalcemia
Acute ischemic stroke
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
Hypomagnesemia
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Spinal muscular atrophy type 3
Cushing's disease
Graves' disease
Rhabdomyolysis
West Nile fever
Becker muscular dystrophy
Wilson's disease
Tick paralysis
Lower motor neurone lesion
Upper motor neuron lesion
Coenzyme Q10 deficiency
Mitochondrial encephalopathy / lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes
Hypophosphatemia
TANGO2-related metabolic encephalopathy and arrhythmias
Sphingomyelinase deficiency
Peripheral motor neuropathy
Adrenoleukodystrophy
Botulism
Hypermagnesaemia
Uncommon causes
Acquired neuromyotonia
Subacute combined degeneration of the cord
LAMA2-related muscular dystrophy
Autosomal recessive congenital muscular dystrophy
Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy
Thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis
Purine nucleoside phosphorylase deficiency
Adenosine monophosphate deaminase deficiency
Muscle glycogen synthase deficiency
Chediak-Higashi disease
2-methylbutyryl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency
Primary hypokalaemic periodic paralysis
Dialysis-related aluminium toxicity
Infantile X-linked spinal muscular atrophy
Pyle metaphyseal dysplasia
Klumpke paralysis
Congenital fiber-type disproportion myopathy
Autosomal dominant myotonia congenita
Succinyl-CoA synthetase deficiency
Glycogenosis type 5
Pharmacological causes
Abiraterone acetate
Alemtuzumab
Amifampridine
Amiodarone hydrochloride
Amphotericin B lipid complex
Atorvastatin calcium
Atracurium
Baclofen
Benzgalantamine DR
Benztropine mesylate
Bismuth subsalicylate
Botulinum toxin type A
Carfilzomib
Cetirizine
Chloroquine phosphate
Cidofovir dihydrate
Cisatracurium besylate
Citalopram hydrobromide
Cladribine
Clarithromycin
Clarithromycin ER
Clomipramine hydrochloride
Colchicine
Colistimethate sodium
Cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride
Cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride ER
Dantrolene sodium
Demeclocycline hydrochloride
Dexamethasone
Dextromethorphan / bupropion ER
Diazepam
Digoxin
Divalproex sodium DR
Divalproex sodium ER
Flurbiprofen
Fluvoxamine maleate CR
Galantamine hydrobromide
Galantamine hydrobromide ER
Indomethacin
Indomethacin ER
Inotuzumab ozogamicin
Interferon beta
Ipratropium / albuterol
Larotrectinib
Levocarnitine
Liothyronine sodium
Lithium carbonate
Lithium carbonate ER
Lithium citrate
Mepivacaine hydrochloride
Methylprednisolone
Methylprednisolone acetate
Methylprednisolone sodium succinate
Mitotane
Naproxen
Naproxen DR
Naproxen sodium ER
Nelarabine
Nilotinib
Ofloxacin
Omacetaxine mepesuccinate
Omeprazole magnesium DR
Oxcarbazepine
Pancuronium
Penicillamine
Phenobarbital sodium
Physostigmine
Pitavastatin
Prednisolone
Pregabalin
Pregabalin ER
Probenecid / colchicine
Propafenone hydrochloride
Propafenone hydrochloride ER
Propofol
Rifampin
Riluzole
Risedronate DR
Rosuvastatin / ezetimibe
Streptomycin
Succinylcholine chloride
Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate
Thalidomide
Timolol maleate
Tizanidine hydrochloride
Triamcinolone acetonide
Trientine
Valproic acid
Verteporfin
Ziconotide