A personal view of the classification and definition of drug dependence headache.
A review of the literature indicates that drug-induced headache exists. The criteria of the International Headache Society proposed for the diagnosis of "headache induced by chronic substance use or exposure", however, need to be modified in order to identify all patients with this headache form.
Department of Neurology, University of Essen, Germany.
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D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006261:Headache / Q000145:classification* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D015995:Prevalence; D012955:Societies, Medical; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D009626:Terminology as Topic