Nephew hoses up one night, no insurance

[Sleeprider]

The pressure changes are a response to the snores being detected and are meaningless in the absence of any AHI. I suspect that apnea might be confirmed, but the evidence from this one night of data is pretty weak. What I would give a lot more weight to is some indication from the nephew that he feels better on CPAP than not. Kind of the bottom line after all, and the ultimate deciding factor in whether the nephew will continue to pursue therapy or quit.

This all raises the great question to be posed to the forum, 'should CPAP be deregulated?' Why bother with prescriptions at all? I am in the camp that once I knew I needed the equipment, I created my own prescription of pressures and accessories. Why not sell CPAP equipment to anyone who wants it? That would remove the medical necessity issue for insurance and allow the machines to be sold at Walmart. You don't need insurance if you don't have to pay specialists to do PSGs or ENT exams. Machines are the answer to all our sleep problems. Lets set them, the software, (and us) free.

[coldautumn]

Wish I had a relative like you...i commend you for your desire to help your nephew. I agree, nasal cleansing would be a great help too.
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