Archive for February, 2025

TMD is a list of disparate symptoms including recurring headaches, earaches, jaw pain, neck pain, ringing in the ears, a feeling of fullness in the ears, dizziness/vertigo, upper back and shoulder pain and tightness, arm/hand/finger tingling and numbness, and various kinds of jaw locking.  OSA is airway obstruction in the back of the throat while […]

When a patient presents to his physician, (MD) with complaints of constant, recurrent, or chronic neck and shoulder pain one of several treatments may be proposed.  Depending on which alternatives have already been prescribed and failed, including various categories of drugs, and referrals to orthopedic surgeons, and neuro surgeons, the PCP will likely refer their […]

It may surprise you, but treating the symptoms of TMD/TMJ using “braces” on the teeth has been promoted by Orthodontists almost as long as TMD, Temporomandibular Joint Disorder, has been identified as a disease.  If ever there was an example of the adage, “If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like […]

According to the dictionary, a neuroleptic drug is any drug that tends to reduce nervous tension by depressing nerve functions.  There are several categories of neuroleptic drugs. These include Benzodiazepines, (Xanax, Librium, Valium, Klonopin, Serax), and SSRI’s, (Celexa, Lexapro, Prozac, Luvox, Paxil, Zoloft). Benzodiazepines and SSRI’s are the two most commonly prescribed categories of neuroleptic […]