has anyone used winx sleep apnea machine

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has anyone used winx sleep apnea machine

Post by manchester » Sat Sep 12, 2015 10:51 pm

how much does it cost
can u only get it thru a doctor

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Re: has anyone used winx sleep apnea machine

Post by 49er » Sun Sep 13, 2015 2:56 am

manchester wrote:how much does it cost
can u only get it thru a doctor
Hi Manchester,

My sleep doc had mentioned this as a possibility but it really didn't appeal to me for various reasons.

Don't know the cost or whether insurance covers it but it seems you do have to get it through a doctor. Do you have a sleep doctor you can ask?

Why are you considering it?

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Re: has anyone used winx sleep apnea machine

Post by JDS74 » Sun Sep 13, 2015 7:32 am

Winx is an interesting idea for therapy that acts to open the airway by creating a vacuum in the oral cavity.
Here is a link to their web page.
http://apnicure.com/
Here is the user manual:
Winx User Guide

If you are a mouth breather, this probably won't work.

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Re: has anyone used winx sleep apnea machine

Post by 49er » Sun Sep 13, 2015 8:25 am

JDS74 wrote:Winx is an interesting idea for therapy that acts to open the airway by creating a vacuum in the oral cavity.
Here is a link to their web page.
http://apnicure.com/
Here is the user manual:
Winx User Guide

If you are a mouth breather, this probably won't work.
Thanks for looking this up. I wonder with my chronic nasal stuffiness and dryness, how well this would work which I will ask my sleep doc about.

By the way, I am going to try nasal rinsing again to see if perhaps I do it more frequently if that will help.

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Re: has anyone used winx sleep apnea machine

Post by 49er » Sun Sep 13, 2015 8:37 am

Thread to a previous discussion that I completely forgot about:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=85470&hilit=winx