Remstar Plus question

kc_truckman · Post by **kc_truckman** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:47 pm

What a cool site this is! I've been on a CPAP for months now and I am very happy I found this site. I've scanned it briefly and plan to read in depth for ideas in the next few days.

I have a question. Does anyone know how to adjust the pressure on the Remstar Plus? I know it is set by what your sleep study data says, but I don't know if I've gotten "used to it" or gained a bit of wait, but it doesn't seem like it's working like it did at first, and I thought I'd try to see if moving the pressure up a bit helped, and I'd rather not go through the hell that is a sleep study.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

mtsarpilot · Post by **mtsarpilot** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:07 pm

To get into the Provider Setup menus do the following:

- Unplug your unit
- While holding down the left and right arrows, plug the unit in
- Keep the left and right arrows held down
- After the unit comes on there will be a "setup" option for the '+' button
- Push the '+' button

You are now in the Provider Setup menus. You can scroll through the different setup items using the left and right arrows and change values using + and - buttons.

Now for the Caveat. Experimenting with the pressure may not be a good thing. Others on this site that are far more experienced than I, can address this. To much pressure can make things worse just like too little. That is why a doctor has to prescribe the pressure.

Good luck

kc_truckman · Post by **kc_truckman** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:09 pm

Thanks for the info. I might not do it, I thought about that as well. I just dread another sleep study.

tooly125 · Post by **tooly125** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:24 pm

You should list your equipment in the profile section up top, that way we will be able to see what your using and what might be going wrong.
There is so much more to it than just upping the pressure.
In the space marked comments you could list your pressure that way every time you post a question all that info is automatically there.

Also read all you can on this forum you will learn a lot I know I did.

Welcome and good luck!

Bonnie · Post by **Bonnie** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 11:32 pm

mtsarpilot wrote:

Now for the Caveat. Experimenting with the pressure may not be a good thing. Others on this site that are far more experienced than I, can address this. To much pressure can make things worse just like too little. That is why a doctor has to prescribe the pressure.

A doctor is not nessecarily the person to turn to for pressure adjustments. Pressure is prescribed based on the titration portion of the sleep study which in a lot of cases is not a true representation of what a person needs. The conditions during a sleep study can be awful. A good test of the correct pressure is using an Apap for a week or so gathering the data under conditions of your normal sleep behavior in your own home. A sleep study titration pressure would be a good place to start but if results are not being met then the next step would be to get a better idea of pressure needs by using the data gathered to adjust treatment.

If you continue to read posts here you'll find that a lot of us download and read our nightly events so we can tweak our treatment to get the best possible results without the hassle and cost of seing a doctor, whether they are competent or not.