Drug-Induced Headache: Diagnostic Tests

The diagnosis of drug-induced headache (medication-induced headache) is made clinically.

Optional medical device diagnostics-depending on the results of the history, physical examination, laboratory diagnostics, and obligatory medical device diagnostics-are used for differential diagnosis

• Magnetic resonance imaging of the skull (cranial MRI, cranial MRI, or cMRI) – indicated for new-onset chronic headache of advanced age or atypical/significant neurologic symptoms.