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Does the prescription come with magical CO2 scrubbers? All the prescription does is set some baseline parameters. Most CPAPs you can buy are APAPs anyway and m

Does the prescription come with magical CO2 scrubbers? All the prescription does is set some baseline parameters. Most CPAPs you can buy are APAPs anyway and modify the parameters on the fly.

wnevets 4y ago
> All the prescription does is set some baseline parameters. Most CPAPs you can buy are APAPs anyway and modify the parameters on the fly. And training on how to use it property is also provided. I would not be shocked if the number of people using tap water would sky rocket if there was zero barrier to having one.
- mynameisvlad 4y ago
  Training is not actually required to be provided by anyone, manufacturer, government or otherwise. There’s plenty of online shops selling you the prescription which come with at best a short user guide that you can probably find online. They come with no aftercare, and you’re just given a device (usually unlocked) and the pressure recommendation preset. That’s it. The current state of CPAP prescriptions is total bullshit.
  - wnevets 4y ago
    > There’s plenty of online shops selling you the prescription which come with at best a short user guide that you can probably find online. They come with no aftercare, and you’re just given a device (usually unlocked) and the pressure recommendation preset. That’s it. Don't these problems get worse without prescriptions?
    - mynameisvlad 4y ago
      The bar is already so low, it's not going to get noticeably worse. If the standard already is minimal training, then having more places provide just as minimal training is not going to noticeably change anything. Lower prices and a streamlined process would certainly mean more people are going to be getting CPAPs but that seems like a net positive if anything. Sleep apnea affects millions of people and is generally extremely tough to get treatment for. And that's not due to the "safety risks" (there are very few if any in day to day use) but rather an entrenched set of companies and providers that obviously benefit from this.
- brianwawok 4y ago
  Recently got an rx. The RX itself was worthless (4-20, not dialed in for me). Insurance refused to pay for a titration study as not medically necessary, so I had to join special CPAP forums and learn how to titrate myself. But yah, no training was given at all. No reason I couldn't have picked it up at Walmart and used on my own.

Does the prescription come with magical CO2 scrubbers? All the prescription does is set some baseline parameters. Most CPAPs you can buy are APAPs anyway and modify the parameters on the fly.

wnevets 4y ago

> All the prescription does is set some baseline parameters. Most CPAPs you can buy are APAPs anyway and modify the parameters on the fly. And training on how to use it property is also provided. I would not be shocked if the number of people using tap water would sky rocket if there was zero barrier to having one.

mynameisvlad 4y ago
Training is not actually required to be provided by anyone, manufacturer, government or otherwise. There’s plenty of online shops selling you the prescription which come with at best a short user guide that you can probably find online. They come with no aftercare, and you’re just given a device (usually unlocked) and the pressure recommendation preset. That’s it. The current state of CPAP prescriptions is total bullshit.
- wnevets 4y ago
  > There’s plenty of online shops selling you the prescription which come with at best a short user guide that you can probably find online. They come with no aftercare, and you’re just given a device (usually unlocked) and the pressure recommendation preset. That’s it. Don't these problems get worse without prescriptions?
  - mynameisvlad 4y ago
    The bar is already so low, it's not going to get noticeably worse. If the standard already is minimal training, then having more places provide just as minimal training is not going to noticeably change anything. Lower prices and a streamlined process would certainly mean more people are going to be getting CPAPs but that seems like a net positive if anything. Sleep apnea affects millions of people and is generally extremely tough to get treatment for. And that's not due to the "safety risks" (there are very few if any in day to day use) but rather an entrenched set of companies and providers that obviously benefit from this.
brianwawok 4y ago
Recently got an rx. The RX itself was worthless (4-20, not dialed in for me). Insurance refused to pay for a titration study as not medically necessary, so I had to join special CPAP forums and learn how to titrate myself. But yah, no training was given at all. No reason I couldn't have picked it up at Walmart and used on my own.