As has been said a zillion times, most doctors don't have a clue or they are in it for the money. Some even own their own sleep labs/DMEs and don't tell you. When I told my doctor there was no way I was going back for a titration she said no problem and had the DME set the machine to what she thoug...

================= and ASVs self titrate themselves at higher pressures than a cpap warnings against use in certain heart situations but not pneumothorax issues ! dont ask for a cpap rx demand at least an apap better yet a bipap that can be set to dumb cpap or apap type operation too there are some ...

Hi Deathscreton, Have you thought about skipping the doctor/prescription route and just go buy a machine? I'll bet that if you ask your 10 closest family/friends someone will know of a machine you can use for cheap. Or find one on Craigslist. There is a data capable APAP in my city right now for $1...

I would have asked the doc what sort of kickbacks he gets from the lab and the DME. That's the best part. I left out a complete chunk regarding his "opinion" of the Lab and other specialists. Doc: "They want you to go back for another sleep study. I honestly don't know why they didn't do a split ni...

And requested he write me a script for a CPAP machine so I could self-titrate (I was already diagnosed with moderate OSA at 19.6 AHI. The interp page was already signed by a board certified sleep doctor). He told me no. PREVIOUSLY, he stated that I needed to go an ENT to discuss "minimally invasive ...