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Medication For Symptoms Of TMJD When On Lorazepam?

I was placed on the oral chemotherapy drug Inlyta in early September 2013 and began developing symptoms of TMJD shortly thereafter. I am also taking Xgeva for bone metastasis repair. My oncologist thinks the TMJD may be due to anxiety and put me on 1mg Lorazepam, 3x. Still having problems.....
Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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Dentist, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 's  Response
thanks for your query,
the main cause for TMJ disorder is stress, for that reason u might have been put on antianxiety drugs..so you need to take radiographs of the joint to rule out disc disorders of the joint...you can give give hot fomentation over the joint...take soft diet, dnt open your jaw too wide...take piroxicam tablet after consulting a oral physician...
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Medication For Symptoms Of TMJD When On Lorazepam?

thanks for your query, the main cause for TMJ disorder is stress, for that reason u might have been put on antianxiety drugs..so you need to take radiographs of the joint to rule out disc disorders of the joint...you can give give hot fomentation over the joint...take soft diet, dnt open your jaw too wide...take piroxicam tablet after consulting a oral physician...