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Re:How to Replace Your CPAP in Only 666 Days by candiddevmike on Sunday February 04, 2024 @09:14AM (#39250343)
You really need a professional to configure the CPAP, otherwise it can mess up your lungs (too much airflow) or make your sleep apnea worse (not enough airflow).

That's why these are considered a prescription--the prescription is the settings on the machine.

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Re:How to Replace Your CPAP in Only 666 Days by jzig on Sunday February 04, 2024 @09:36AM (#39250486)
Not at all. You can figure out how to configure one yourself with a few hours reading on /r/CPAP or watching YouTube. Source: myself after trying to acquire one and get it configured for months through a similar bureaucratic nightmare as the article.
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Re:How to Replace Your CPAP in Only 666 Days by exhilaration on Sunday February 04, 2024 @12:12PM (#39252093)
I'd love to try a CPAP, any suggestions other than asking an Indian coworker to bring one back? Is there a gray market? Maybe Mexican mail order pharmacies?

I'm the US with health insurance but I bet it'll be more expensive to go the legit way.

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Re:How to Replace Your CPAP in Only 666 Days by jzig on Sunday February 04, 2024 @01:27PM (#39252896)
Buying/Selling medical devices is illegal so you won’t find any reliable website or marketplace. You can sometimes find people trying to get rid of one (for free or for sale) on /r/cpap and /r/cpap_swap

Most of the time you have go through a sleep study to get one. I got very lucky during the pandemic and my allergist ordered one (no sleep study) after explaining that I was waiting months for a sleep study and having suicidal ideation from weeks of waking up every ~15min.

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Re:How to Replace Your CPAP in Only 666 Days by bhoops on Monday February 05, 2024 @11:11AM (#39262703)
Yes thats somewhat true, but I find that such professionals are very hard to find. Not just in India, but all over the world. OTOH there are sites like apneaboard.com and reddit/r/SleepApnea where you can learn to configure for yourself.
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Re:How to Replace Your CPAP in Only 666 Days by pareidolia on Monday February 05, 2024 @09:56PM (#39270228)
This comment should be flagged for medical misinformation.
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