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Dentists and nurse practitioners can write CPAP prescriptions, in case that helps. (Your doctor is being a total pill. What a shame.)

It doesn't have to be a RX from a sleep doctor. Your PCP can write the RX if he/she is willing.

As for those online places that will get you the RX....I haven't heard of the first one you mentioned but I have heard a few members here who have mentioned Lofta.

Miss Emerita wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 20, 2022 7:57 pm

Dentists and nurse practitioners can write CPAP prescriptions, in case that helps. (Your doctor is being a total pill. What a shame.)

came to see this, left satisfied.

I did the Lofta home sleep study, it took about a week of turnaround. Fill out a form, then a brief visit with a doctor over video chat, then they mailed the device. I slept a night with it and paired it with my phone to send the data. After that I got a detailed report and they had a "sleep champion" call and explain the results to me -- I thought that would be a sales call but it was actually helpful. Also a real prescription that I used to order some things from cpap.com. No obligation to buy from Lofta.

Be careful if you do end up having a home sleep study from anyone.
Don't use your current machine for 4 or 5 nights prior to the sleep study just in case there is some hold over effect from using the cpap. May or may not happen but you don't want to risk going through a sleep study and have it come up and say you don't have OSA just because you used the machine right up to the sleep study and there was a bit of a hold over effect.

Run all this by your doctor though. This hold over effect thing is pretty controversial.

sarahcovenant wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 20, 2022 10:17 pm

The first one is actually partnered with CPAP.com and the one they sent me to from their website. If I am not wrong, CPAP.com hosts this forum as well?

I seem to vaguely remember that cpap.com partnered with someone to get home studies and RX for people.
I just didn't remember the name since I obviously had no need. I can promise to try to remember for the next person who asks about them in 3 months but we both know I will forget the name. I am sure they would be fine to work with as well.
And yes...cpap.com does pay the bills for us to have this forum.

While your medical records may not include the actual RX....does it include the sleep report where the diagnosis was made?
If so that may be all you need to get a RX. Again...I don't remember which place...but there was one place that I saw that would review the sleep report records and possibly write the RX based on records and no need for another sleep study.
Might have been easybreathe.com....but I can't swear to it.
If enough documentation is in the records...and for a fee...they will write the RX and no need for a repeat sleep study.
I will think on it a bit and see if I can remember for sure who it was.
I don't know if cpap.com sleep study people will do that or not but you could check it out.
It all depends on what is included in your medical records and in what detail.

https://www.healthsqyre.com/

did offer online Rx for ~$90 after reviewing sleep report.

But the website is currently down.

SleepMed Rx partners with our host at cpap.com to do a home sleep study for $175 and (if needed) provide an Rx for a CPAP machine. https://www.sleepmedrx.com/partners/cpap

I can't vouch for it as I've never used it, but it seems like the reason cpap.com partners with them is to sell machines. So it should work to get a replacement, and then you'd also have an RX which might work for a future insurance covered replacement.

There are alternative ways to get a machine--buying off Craig's list is one, and one of our members often finds good deals for that.