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Posted 6/22/2013 7:37 PM (GMT 0)
Been on Accutane for 2 1/2 months and for the past 3 weeks or so, my jaw won't stop popping. Sometimes it will hurt but usually it's just a painless, uncomfortable feeling. I've read the side effects of the drug and it mentions things to do with bone growth or platelets, or something. Just wondering if this is something to do with drug itself or just something naturally happening. It happens when I'm eating, yawning etc. Don't want to be a hypochondriac and go all crazy on my doctor but it's only happened since I started taking the drug?

Any replies would be great.

Thanks!
Posted 6/22/2013 10:02 PM (GMT 0)
Never taken that drug before for anything. But I do have a popping jaw, it sometimes even gets stuck, and I can't open it all the way for a few hours. Mine is from grinding and clenching my teeth at night.
Posted 6/23/2013 4:00 AM (GMT 0)
As random as it is, mine will do that if I'm congested.
Posted 6/23/2013 9:38 PM (GMT 0)
What you describe sounds just like TMJ. Your two Jaws joints are supposed to be synchronized to each other. BTDT got the Tee shirt. READ about TMJ, Many treatments don't work, believe me, grinding down my teeth was the worst thing I have ever done. After &years 34 specialists that yielded a extraction of capital, I got angry and said I have tried every thing suggested. It's a mechanical problem therefore a mechanical solution. I demanded arthroscopic surgery on the joint, been pretty much over 99% pain free since 88. a few hours discomfort with real bad low pressure weather systems is a piece of cake compared to pre surgery. Braces didn't work either. MCV Richmond VA is where the surgeons were from.

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Posted 6/25/2013 2:26 AM (GMT 0)
I have the same issues... I don't think any of the meds I've had cause it but I have had braces which I believe lead to TMJ (which is what I think my jaw problem is). Mine will normally pop/click but has locked up some before at times
Posted 6/25/2013 3:27 AM (GMT 0)
Definitely TMJ. I've had it for most of my life. When I open my mouth wide to yawn, or when I'm chewing something hard, you an hear the clunks from across the table. It doesn't hurt, though, unless I do it on purpose over and over. I don't think it has anything to do with Crohn's or with any meds I've taken.
Posted 6/25/2013 3:37 AM (GMT 0)

nawlinscate said...
Definitely TMJ. I've had it for most of my life. When I open my mouth wide to yawn, or when I'm chewing something hard, you an hear the clunks from across the table. It doesn't hurt, though, unless I do it on purpose over and over. I don't think it has anything to do with Crohn's or with any meds I've taken.

Same here. My jaw has been popping for almost a decade now. I'm 23.

I chewed a lot of gum in middle school, doubt that it's the cause but just sayin

Don't think it's related to IBD
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