If it didn't require prescriptions, what's to prevent groups of kids hanging out together in abandoned buildings and having "mask" parties?accurate wrote:I thought "Really, if I have the cpap, a prescription should be assumed, if I don't then what harm am I going to do with a mask by itself?"
Remember, CPAP masks are a gateway device to harder stuff. If they start using the mask, they'll work their way up to the whole machine. Then they'll add the humidifier. They'll probably use tap water instead of distiled water and will be sharing masks. Then the whole increasing range of APAP, bilevel, T mode bilevel, and then the dreaded ASV (called "asvee" in the kid's circles.) From there, they go on to shady back street MRI clinics and even worse stuff.