Is Provent Therapy for me?

[mcpascalns]

Last week, I come across a new CPAP therapy previously unknown to me. I am curious, is there anyone around here using provent therapy who can share first hand experiences, its benefit and cost vs a traditional water-based cpap therapy? Here is a video link about provent therapy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z4RU-SUpS8

Please, excuse me, there is not a an advertisement for a new Sleep Apnea therapy but rather, a post seeking information in order to make an informed decision. Thank you guys and gals.

[ChicagoGranny]

Is Provent Therapy for me?

You can't know from the answers of others. The only way to find out is to try it.

Gramps got a box of the valves a few years ago. Both of us tried them for naps. Fail.

On the other hand, our CPAPs are highly effective and fairly easy to use.

[LSAT]

Use the search feature at the top of this site and you will get lots of comments

[palerider]

or even, watch the video that's on the page you linked....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5LZbEx7CWI

in other words, it's a scam.

[Guest]

or even, watch the video that's on the page you linked....

in other words, it's a scam.

I am Deaf. I cannot hear the verbal messages being spoken out but would have benefited if clear and matching captions were there. I really do not know if this is a scam but how on earth would this almighty Uncle Same agency the FDA approves it without any due and rigorous scrutiny and or venting? Thanks.

[palerider]

or even, watch the video that's on the page you linked....

in other words, it's a scam.

I am Deaf. I cannot hear the verbal messages being spoken out but would have benefited if clear and matching captions were there. I really do not know if this is a scam but how on earth would this almighty Uncle Same agency the FDA approves it without any due and rigorous scrutiny and or venting? Thanks.

hey, if you want to throw your money away on it, go right ahead, a couple years of provent costs as much as a cpap... so besides not getting any relief from sleep apnea, you'd pay over two and a half times the amount of a machine of the typical lifetime of a machine.

[49er]

Sent you a PM.

49er

[mcpascalns]

Is Provent Therapy for me?

You can't know from the answers of others. The only way to find out is to try it.

Gramps got a box of the valves a few years ago. Both of us tried them for naps. Fail.

On the other hand, our CPAPs are highly effective and fairly easy to use.

Before I try it, I wanted to find out what is the experience of members on this site. From there,I would make a decision. Recently, I read feedbacks on Facebook where one poster stated that this device is bound to make one's month dry due to lack of humidity. I took note of that.

[yaconsult]

The people who hang around here are interested in getting the best results possible from CPAP for themselves and others. CPAP is currently the most effective known treatment for sleep apnea.

Most people who give up do so because they lack a support system. I believe that insurance does not cover Provent either, which is another warning sign to most people. CPAP has a proven track record of a very large number of users who have been on it for many years. In my case, my sleep test AHI of 80 is reduced to less than 0.5 by my CPAP and a strip of tape.

[Goofproof]

With XPAP being the Gold Standard of Treatment for Sleep Apnea, why would one think going to a XPAP forum, to seek advice on a the use of another product that isn't the Gold Standard Treatment for Sleep Apnea, the best place.

Kind of like fishing without bait, in your bathtub, not going to be many fish to fry. Just some that didn't make XPAP work for one reason or another (excuse), odd's are they wouldn't be successful with Provent either, I'm sure it involves effort too. Jim

[ChicagoGranny]

Recently, I read feedbacks on Facebook where one poster stated that this device is bound to make one's month dry due to lack of humidity. I took note of that.

It sounds like both of you have a misunderstanding of how the Provent treatment works.

Provent creates a "back" pressure in the nostrils which, in theory, is high enough to keep the airway from collapsing. Now, if the use of Provent causes dry mouth, then it is most likely the patient is breathing through his mouth. If the patient breathes through his mouth, the Provent device is bypassed and there will be no therapeutic pressure to prevent the airway from collapsing. Fail.

Maybe they should add to the kit a third Provent device for mouthbreathers which is large enough to cover the mouth?

[Pugsy]

I gave Provent a try.....once.
Not so much because I was going to abandon cpap but just to see what it was like.
I didn't even make it to the going to sleep part of things. Couldn't get the damn things to seal and stay in place on my nostrils and it made for exhaling extremely uncomfortable to the point that I wouldn't have slept well with it anyway.

From past reading as to effectivness... best case scenario about a 50% chance of having maybe a 50% reduction in apnea events.
Even if I was lucky enough to be in the 50% who can use it and have it work....50% of my pre cpap AHI is still way too high.

Is it better than nothing? I suppose so but it came with its own set of problems that weren't real easy to deal with either.

[chunkyfrog]

The whole "logic" used to explain why it "works" only further explains why it does NOT.

[mcpascalns]

What I like really most about this thread and all those that have posted is that, many if not, all of them seems to be so smart, speak from own experience and/or perspective that is above all, educative to me.I do not even know if my insurance would pay for it. My interest is international travel that I am about embark on next month. I continue to use a cpap machine at home but just wanted to widen out and be 'less loaded' when on trip. Thank you all.

[amyfb]

Last week, I come across a new CPAP therapy previously unknown to me. I am curious, is there anyone around here using provent therapy who can share first hand experiences, its benefit and cost vs a traditional water-based cpap therapy? Here is a video link about provent therapy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z4RU-SUpS8

Please, excuse me, there is not a an advertisement for a new Sleep Apnea therapy but rather, a post seeking information in order to make an informed decision. Thank you guys and gals.

I think the faq page on the provent site gives you the first most critical info you need:
- check with your doctor to see if it is right for your condition.

http://www.proventtherapy.com/provent-faq.php

I'm not personally convinced it is a viable alternative to xpap machines.

It's best results seem to be reduction of snoring. and snoring may or may not be present with apnea.

there is no way to humidify the provent, you'll need a room humidifier if moisture is a concern.

I don't like anything that promises to make exhalation more difficult. IT feels like smothering.