Family Doctor

[Sudsy]

Hello

I recently had my pressure raised from 10 to 16 and I cannot get use to it. It seems I am waking up 3 or 4 times a night and not getting a good sleep. My pressure of 16 is on straight cpap.

When I was put on a auto cpap for a month I had no problems sleeping that is how they found 16 to be the pressure i
needed. They gave me a basic machine with no cflex after the auto cpap and I had to go back and tell them this is no good so they put me back on the auto cpap but set up as straight cpap because that is the type of machine I will be getting as my health care will only pay for. They said they will try to get me at least a cpap machine with cflex

What my question is Can my family doctor write me a prescription for a auto cpap or do I need to get that from a Sleep doctor which is 2.5 hours away?

Any help would be great. I hope I am not being being silly with these questions I really like this forum and the people on here

Thanks
Sudsy

[Sanadol]

I was on a project in KY when I had my sleep study done.
I returned to my home in New Jersey and would not be going back to Kentucky for a while. I could not get hold of my sleep Dr in Kentucky.
I had to go to my family doctor who actually wrote me a prescription for an auto cpap.
Hope this answers your question

Sanadol
(Sleepy Driver)

[Kevin G.]

My regular doctor once he was aware of my being diagnosed as having sleep apnea had no problem writing prescrition for equipment.

[thomzeyl]

Yes, in Canada your family doctor can. Your provincial CPAP equipment funding form may require a sleep specialist's signature. I think in Ontario a sleep study needs to be done to qualify for the original equipment. If it needs modifying (different mask, different machine.....), any licensed physician can sign.

[Emilia]

I copied and pasted this from apneaboard.com in case you would like to try to adjust your own setting:

Philips-Respironics PR System One (REMstar Auto, REMstar DS150, BiPAP ST, BiPAP AVAPS, BiPAP Auto with Bi-Flex, BiPAP Pro with Bi-Flex, REMstar Pro with C-Flex & REMstar Plus): For Setup Instructions with pictures, click here: http://www.apneaboard.com/manuals99/Res ... P_Auto.htm. Supply power to the device: first, plug the socket end of the AC power cord into the power supply. Then plug the pronged end of the AC power cord into an electrical outlet that is not controlled by a wall switch. Finally, plug the power supply cord's connector into the power inlet on the back of the device. Once the device is powered, the home screen appears (it is a large box on the screen with four little boxes you choose from by turning the control wheel). Turn the wheel to toggle between the 4 options and highlight "setup". Once setup is highlighted press and hold both the control wheel and ramp button on the device for at least 5 seconds. You will hear a double beep and the provider mode screen will appear. Also, you should remove the smart card prior to making adjustments, otherwise it will revert to the previous settings.

[Hawthorne]

You said they put you back on an auto but set in straight cpap mode. Your profile shows a very basic straight cpap machine that gives no data. Is that the machine you have or do you in fact have an auto now?

If it's an auto set in straight cpap mode, it can be set in auto mode and you can do that yourself. I don't know how your Provider or your Doctor would feel about that.

First of all, though, do you have that basic cpap in your profile or do you now have an auto set in straight cpap mode?

[Sudsy]

Hello

The one in my profile is the basic one they gave me. I complained about no cflex and the only machine they had was a auto PR system one so they put me on that till they get the ok to put me on a machine that has cflex. But I cannot get use to the pressure of 16 and the ramp does not seem to help.

I will be seeing my family doctor on Friday and was hoping I could talk him into writing a perscription for an auto machine.
When they had me on a auto cpap for a month I had no problem sleeping AHI was still 6.4. They put this auto cpap on straight cpap because they said that is the type of cpap that I will be getting as Manitoba Health won't cover anything else.

So I like to buy one as it seems to me to be easier to use and was sleeping 7-8 hours a day and right now in straight cpap i am lucky to get 5-6 hours a night.

Thanks
Sudsy