Analgesic Abuse Headache

Purpose: To evaluate a patient for features of headache associated with analgesic abuse.

Info MyLikes MyPaths

Evaluation

Are you evaluating a patient with headache?

Yes

Number of days per month with the headache

Number of months taking daily or high doses of analgesics

Have you tried stopping the analgesic?

Yes

Did the headache markedly improve or disappear within 1 month after stopping the analgesic?

Yes

Analgesic usage by the patient:

Grams of aspirin per month (or dose equivalent in NSAIDs)

Tablets per month of an analgesic combined with a barbiturate or drug

Number of narcotic analgesics taken daily

Results

Please fill out required fields.

Results Interpretation and Description References Next Steps

Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

Number of features for analgesic abuse headache present

Does the patient have an analgesic abuse headache?

MedicalAlgorithms.com APIs

Power Your Solutions with 5,000+ Automated Medical Analytics

Seamlessly integrate our API library of over 5,000 evidence-based medical analytics into your products and workflows. Our APIs help you:

Build custom, automated clinical workflows tailored to your organization's needs.
Enhance your clinical decision support with advanced, evidence-based analytics.
Streamline revenue cycle management by integrating clinical analytics into billing, coding, and compliance processes.
Support payment and pre-approval processes with automated, standardized medical criteria.
Embed proven medical algorithms directly into your systems and services for consistent, high-quality outcomes.

With MedicalAlgorithms.com APIs, you can accelerate innovation, improve efficiency, and deliver more accurate, data-driven care—without reinventing the wheel.

Explore Medal API

Caution: A qualified health practitioner should verify all results.
Keep patient data confidential and comply with all legal requirements.

Please visit our website Medicalalgorithms.com for Description and Interpretation and further algorithms you may want to consider in the next steps of your evaluation. All information should be verified by a qualified health professional, and all use is subject to Medicalalgorithms.com Terms and Conditions. © Copyright Medicalalgorithms.com Limited

Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Clinical Diagnosis, Including Family History For Genetics
- Basilar-Type Migraine (BM)
Criteria For Diagnosis
Severity, Prognosis, Stage
- Alarm Signs and Symptoms in Headache Indicating Possible Serious Intracranial or Systemic Pathology

Therapy

Selection
- Alarm Signs and Symptoms in Migraine Indicating the Need for Additional Testing
- Alarm Signs and Symptoms in Headache Indicating Possible Serious Intracranial or Systemic Pathology

Specialty

Neurology

Objective

clinical diagnosis
including family history for genetics
adverse effects
complication detection

ICD-10

G44.4 - Drug-induced headache, not elsewhere classified

Info

Purpose: To evaluate a patient for features of headache associated with analgesic abuse.

Specialty: Neurology

Objective: clinical diagnosis, including family history for genetics, adverse effects, complication detection

ICD-10: G44.4,

Save Data

Identifier

Enter 1 to 5 characters as ID

Email

Your registered email

Other

Email to

Please separate multiple email IDs with comma (,)

Consult Report

Identifier

Enter 1 to 5 characters as ID

Add to MyPath

Select path

New path