yikespanic Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/full/164/7/1242Sleep-disordered Breathing and Hypotension CHRISTIAN GUILLEMINAULT, JOHN L. FAUL, and RICCARDO STOOHS Stanford University Sleep Disorders Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddyLeesWife Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 My husband is scheduled for a sleep study in May - his twin has been diagnosed with Apnea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yikespanic Posted April 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 My son is having one done this month and I think I'm going to ask to have one done to. Something has to be going on. I wake up so many times during the night and am so tired when I get up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Tired Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 I have been diagnosed with severe sleep apnea. I can't tolerate the C-PAP, it gives me a very very severe headache that takes DAYS to subside.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddyLeesWife Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Did anyone suggest either the Mouth Guard or the Sleep Apnea Implant? I will include the link to both articles on Medscape. The Mouth Guard was just endorsed and the article was in the February issue of Sleep. It is for "mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea in people who don't respond to CPAP or have difficulty sticking with the treatment". There is also a newer procedure known as the Pillar Palatal Implant which was approved in Sept. 2004 and is about a 10 minute procedure done under local anesthesia in a doctor's office - it says that it was somewhat more effective in patients where the cause was limited to the palate. I personally do not have any more information on either of these alternatives but I am going to make sure we ask about them if he is diagnosed with apnea. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/522960http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/524519 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Tired Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Neither are covered by Medicare... My ENT checked. He was going to do a UPPP (uvulopharangeopalatoplasty) and have an oral surgeon fit me with a mouth guard at the same time but when they checked with Medicare they had stopped covering them... So, right at the moment I am thinking over the UPPP... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddyLeesWife Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 The article on the implant says it is an alternative to a UPPP and that the price tag is upwards of $2000. They expect insurers to begin reimbursing the procedure in one to two years after more studies are completed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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