Thank you for your sound advice Chrisp and Rested Gal. It's been hard for me to understand how the DME can call the shots on what kind of equipment I should use.
The autopap certainly makes more sense to me considering I don't have a titrated setting to work with.
TT
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- Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:07 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: AUTOPAP vs CPAP? Which is better?
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- Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:13 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: AUTOPAP vs CPAP? Which is better?
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AUTOPAP vs CPAP? Which is better?
My sleep doc recommended an AUTOPAP because I couldn't sleep well enough for them to titrate me during my sleep study. My home health care agency says my insurance will cover a CPAP but not an AUTOPAP. Therefore, I now have a CPAP. Is there a big advantage in using an AUTOPAP when i don't have a tit...
- Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:26 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: New CPAP user with questions
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New CPAP user with questions
Hi, I got my CPAP about 10 days ago. I've had two sleep studies. On the first study a few months ago, they turned the CPAP up to 20cm and I couldn't exhale. The second study, I was so anxious I couldn't fall asleep. The doc prescibed an autopap but the home health care agency said my insurance would...