A 58-year-old man presented with a three decades history of almost daily unilateral, not side-locked, pulsating head pain with severe exacerbations, lasting 4-72 hours, associated with photo-, phono-, and osmophobia, conjunctival injection, increasing with physical activity. Indomethacin overuse was present and the patient met diagnostic criteria for both chronic migraine (CM) and medication-overuse headache. He had tried, over the years, several drugs (antiepileptics, such as, valproate and topiramate, antidepressants, calcium-channel blockers, and beta blockers) and non-pharmacological treatments (biofeedback, acupuncture) with only transient improvements. Treatment with BTX, according to the PREEMPT injection protocol[
2], was started together with venlafaxine and steroids for two weeks with mild improvement of the headache. After two cycles of treatment with BTX, the patient developed attacks of stabbing pain localized behind his right eye, spreading to the right side of the head, with marked conjunctival injection. The pain recurred 8-10 times per day, usually lasting about 60 minutes, and was associated with restlessness. CH was diagnosed. Steroids and verapamil, as well as subcutaneous sumatriptan in acute attacks, were started with cessation of the CH attacks and persistence of migraine attacks. Four months later, CH attacks relapsed and were again successfully treated.