I wasn't there, but respected industry leader Peter Farrell was once quoted as saying: "CPAP is as dangerous as a bowl of cereal; the only way you can get hurt by one is if someone picks the d**n thing off the nightstand and hits you over the head with it." --
viewtopic/t2204/Comments-from-Peter-Far ... cture.html
And here's an even better quote from someone I respect even more than I respect Farrell: "Inappropriate CPAP is harmless. Untreated sleep apnea kills." -- Dr. Barbara Phillips, MD, MHSP. --
viewtopic/t9745/How-can-I-change-the-pr ... =15#p84228
She's the real deal, too:
https://ukhealthcare.uky.edu/physicians ... a-phillips
Remember, the definitions of who "has" OSA and who doesn't are definitions based on who can get their trial of it paid for by the payers. It is NOT a definition of who could benefit from CPAP.
Many who only occasionally snore could have their lives greatly improved by CPAP.
And if machines were sold OTC in the pharmacy sections of Target, right there in between the room humidifiers and Vicks vaporizers, I would consider the CPAP machines the safest equipment on those shelves.
So, what would happen if so-called "healthy" people were on CPAP/APAP? The roads would be a lot safer, with fewer sleepy people crashing and killing one another on the roads. That's what would happen. Even if pressure never rose a cm for the majority of the ones on APAP.