Raising the pressure on a REMstar Pro?

Had third study last night. Pressure needs to be increased, but visit w/DR isn't for several weeks. I need relief NOW!!! Does anyone know how to increase the pressure on the above machine, PLEASE????

Your physician just needs to call the Home Care Provider,give them the new prescription order and then they will change the pressure.

Have your doc call the NOW

Good Luck
Bob

Peter

I really don't know why they keep this information from us on changing the pressure, since I believe we are all intelligent adults. Sometimes it needs to be adjusted a little and then they make a big deal by having to call the Home Care. By mistake my Remstar Pro came with the instructions to change the pressure so I will tell you.

Unplug the Remstar, then hold down the 2 arrow buttons at the same time and with your other hand plug the Remstar back in still holding down the two buttons at the same time. The machine will flash a second and now you can reset by using the side buttons. CPAP or CFLEX will show up and then you scroll up and down with the arrows to change the pressure.

Good luck and let me know if my instructions made sense to you.

Lisa

Thanks Lisa for sharing that with Peter and the rest of us. Your right about the DMEs making it a bigger deal than it needs to be. What about the convenience of the user. Do they care about that?

Wading thru the Muck

You are very welcome for the secret code on the Remstar. This is definitely one of those things in life that doesn't make sense. I do understand that it is a perscription pressure but considering the time it takes to get through to Home Care, Sleep Study and doctor appointments I really do think they should educate us at the beginning on slightly changing our pressure by ourselves if it is needed. Very silly.

By the way I am very new to this and am having trouble with mouth air leaks.....any advice? I am planning to try the tape that was suggested.

Appreciate your feedback.

Lisa

First, thank you to every one who replied to my need to increase the pressure on the REMstar pro. I was able to increase the pressure and get a good nite's sleep. This is indeed a great forum and everyone is as helpful as they can be. I was just amazed both the public and private posts I received. (Almost 20.) A big thank you to Lisa who wanted to make sure I got the info. However, here is a very important warning for those of us who choose to increase the pressure on our own. Although I do not remember exactly what my DR said could happen if the pressure is too high, (even by a couple of points,) I remember I suddenly understood the danger in doing so, that it could lead to a major medical injury. Altho' I was told last week by the Clinician who did my study, that he went up to 16 (from 10) I felt that was too high when I set it there, and dropped it down to 13. (Still three points up from where it originally was.) Even at a study two years ago, when '12' appeared to be the correct setting, my DR, after reviewing every thing, determined that 10 was adequate. (Even 12, only two points up, he determined, was a gamble he didn't want to take.) So, with this in mind, I just wanted every one to be aware that although my pressure definitely needed to be increased, I did have a number from my study last week, and I chose to be safe, and reduce from their highest setting, to where I believed I was safe from possible 'harm.' When I go back to my DR next, I'll be sure to ask him exactly what the danger is, and post it here for all to see.
Thanks again to everyone,

Peter