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Table 1 Medication overuse headache: its subtypes and diagnostic criteria [1618]

From: From drug-induced headache to medication overuse headache. A short epidemiological review, with a focus on Latin American countries

8.2 Medication overuse headache (Previously used terms: rebound headache, drug-induced headache, medication-misuse headache)

 Subtypes

  8.2.1 Ergotamine overuse headache

  8.2.2 Triptan-overuse headache

  8.2.3 Analgesic overuse headache

  8.2.4 Opioid overuse headache

  8.2.5 Combination analgesic overuse headache

  8.2.6 Medication overuse headache attributed to combination of acute medications

  8.2.7 Headache attributed to other medication overuse

  8.2.8 Probable medication overuse headache

 Diagnostic criteria:

  A Headache present on >15 days/month fulfilling criteria C and Da

  B Regular overuse for >3 months of 1 or more drugs that can be taken for acute and/or symptomatic treatment of headache.

  C Headache has developed or markedly worsened during medication overuse.

  D Headache resolves or reverts to its previous pattern within 2 months after discontinuation of overused medicationa

  1. aRemoved in latest revision [18]