Hello Guest, Welcome to Apnea Board !
As a guest, you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use.
To post a message, you must create a free account using a valid email address.

or Create an Account


New Posts   Today's Posts

My doctor finally agrees...High therapy pressures can increase apnea events
#1
My doctor finally agrees...High therapy pressures can increase apnea events
I have been trying to get a reaction from my less than enthusiastic sleep specialist in regards to high CPAP pressures and studies which have concluded that high CPAP therapy pressures actually help increase apnea events when a machine is not used for sleep but she has been non-committal until today when she randomly brought the subject up during a monthly consult and said " it looks like low therapy pressures are working for you. Keep the setting low as they are at around 8 because high CPAP therapy pressures can actually increase apnea events".....I almost fell off my chair  Huh.
She went on to explain that a large group of people who respond well to low pressure therapy, will actually develop a more heightened apnea, if treated with higher pressures that the need, which is kid of weird, but nevertheless true, according to research.
Post Reply Post Reply
#2
RE: My doctor finally agrees...High therapy pressures can increase apnea events
"studies which have concluded that high CPAP therapy pressures actually help increase apnea events when a machine is not used for sleep"

What would you use a CPAP, BPAP, ST, ST-A, ASV machine for that isn't related to sleep breathing? If you're using a sleep breathing therapy device for non-sleep issues, you should expect the machine to react differently than was designed for usage that it wasn't designed for. I don't need research to tell me that.
INFORMATION ON APNEA BOARD FORUMS OR ON APNEABOARD.COM SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED MEDICAL ADVICE. ALWAYS SEEK THE ADVICE OF A PHYSICIAN BEFORE SEEKING TREATMENT FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS, INCLUDING SLEEP APNEA. INFORMATION POSTED ON THE APNEA BOARD WEBSITE AND FORUMS ARE PERSONAL OPINION ONLY AND NOT NECESSARILY A STATEMENT OF FACT.
Post Reply Post Reply
#3
RE: My doctor finally agrees...High therapy pressures can increase apnea events
I wasn't clear, my bad.
The studies were conducted on people who have been on CPAP for a while and found that their apnea events have actually increased since they were prescribed. THis was more prevalent among patients with high pressure Rx settings.
Post Reply Post Reply
#4
RE: My doctor finally agrees...High therapy pressures can increase apnea events
Wow, that IS counter-intuitive - at least for this nonexpert. On the other hand, I have found that, through experience and experimentation, outcomes are different that I would have predicted by logic. This is true IMO in several fields, not just apnea.
Post Reply Post Reply


Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Trying to Reduce CA Events chrotteg 13 394 36 minutes ago
Last Post: stevew168
  Jakespeare65 - Therapy Help jakespeare65 28 838 2 hours ago
Last Post: jakespeare65
  Still tired and CA events liebano 1 38 4 hours ago
Last Post: PeaceLoveAndPizza
  Do I need to increase my max pressure? Daveman 4 90 11 hours ago
Last Post: Sleeprider
  WW4B Therapy thread WW4B 49 4,083 03-27-2024, 04:31 PM
Last Post: WW4B
  Therapy Help - Possible UARS - REM jkossis 8 176 03-27-2024, 02:09 PM
Last Post: Sleeprider
  [CPAP] Therapy help rekaviv 9 256 03-27-2024, 11:22 AM
Last Post: rekaviv


New Posts   Today's Posts


About Apnea Board

Apnea Board is an educational web site designed to empower Sleep Apnea patients.