1 Two cases of drug-induced rhabdomyolysis, one of them presenting with acute myoglobinuric renal failure are described.
2 The pathogenesis of rhabdomyolysis and renal failure in our cases is discussed with reference to work published by other authors.
3 Whereas there seems to be obvious evidence for direct toxic drug-muscle interaction, the mechanism for the development of myoglobinuric renal failure remains unclear.
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