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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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