Neves, Leonardo Brigido MetelloGuimarães, António SérgioRodrigues, Luciane Lacerda Franco RochaOliveira, Luciana ButiniRamacciato, Juliana CamaMeira e Cruz, MiguelRH, Rogério Heládio Lopes Motta - For Citation: Motta2019-10-182019-10-182019Oral Diseases. 2019;25:1672–16731354-523Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/39891Evidence shows that acute symptoms of temporomandibular dysfunction (TMD) would eventually lead to chronicity and self‐medication would play a significant interfering role on such dynamics (Dias, Bastos, Alves, & Leite, 2019; Pastore, Goulart, Pastore, Prati, & de Moraes, 2018). Furthermore, some authors concluded that both propensity to catastrophize and depression contribute to the progression of chronic temporomandibular muscle and joint disorders (Velly et al., 2011). Hence, the aim of this study was to assess the relationship between the habit of self‐medicating and the propensity to catastrophize pain in a clinical population with myofascial pain (MP).engjournal article10.1111/odi.13131