davesfancy.....I forgot to ask you something..... - TMJ Disorder -TemporoMandibular Joint Message Board

westin4 · 04-08-2004, 08:18 AM

I was wondering if you were being treated with muscle relaxers and not just pain meds. This new dentist I am going to prescribed me Skelaxin and told me to take 2 at a time, he said you have to break the cycle of the muscles spasming all the time in order to alleviate the pain. He also gave me a strong narcotic pain med, but he is right, when I get the muscle spasms to quiet down the pain level goes WAY down. I was just wondering if you are taking something like that for you muscles?
Karen

westin4 · 04-08-2004, 10:35 AM

heidi,
My tmj is muscular in nature too, but still, the splint therapy has been what has pulled through. The key for me since it is muscular is to have a level plane splint......one that is not notched out on the top ( splint is on lower teeth ) to fit your upper teeth. It is just a flat platform that catches all of my teeth at the same time. It has been the one that has worked best. I have had many different ones and this one seems to be finally doing it, along with muscle relaxers and like I had mentioned in another post anxiety medication.
Karen