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1. There is a medication for sleep apnea

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Tue Jun 20, 2023, 03:44 PM

Jun 2023

It is called Nuvigal.

The generic name for it is armodafanil.

https://www.drugs.com/mtm/armodafinil.html

It can be difficult to get this medication but it does help.

I could see that one of those machines wouldn't do well around here with all of my cats.

Best of luck.

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Sleep apnea.....can you ever get off the cpap mask?? Or once diagnosed always on it. [View all] a kennedy Jun 2023 OP

There is a medication for sleep apnea CountAllVotes Jun 2023 #1

It's Nuvigil, but thanks! nt eppur_se_muova Jul 2023 #20

A friend did DetroitLegalBeagle Jun 2023 #2

Great, all I could see was hundreds a year for all the supplies. a kennedy Jun 2023 #3

You can usually find individual parts on Amazon AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2023 #4

Thanks......will keep this in mind. a kennedy Jun 2023 #5

If you use the cpap be sure to be extremely rigorous about keeping it fierywoman Jun 2023 #6

I love my sleep machine WhiteTara Jun 2023 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Wifes husband Jun 2023 #8

There's other therapies nilram Jun 2023 #9

I had a CPAP for about a year CanonRay Jun 2023 #10

I'm a stomach and right side sleeper.........damn. a kennedy Jun 2023 #11

Donating blood might help with high hemoglobin. n/t brewens Jun 2023 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Wifes husband Jun 2023 #14

Try an oral appliance which pulls the lower jaw forward while asleep. rickford66 Jun 2023 #13

I don't use one, but my husband does. phylny Jun 2023 #15

Good for you.........my husband should get a cpap too, he quits breathing and then after a kennedy Jun 2023 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author Wifes husband Jun 2023 #17

My son actually convinced me that I snored by vanlassie Jun 2023 #18

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