However, if a prescription notes a specific number of refills, the prescription will only be valid until that number has been reached. If a prescription expires, a new sleep study will be necessary to obtain a new CPAP prescription. First, you need to decide where you want to purchase your CPAP equipment. If you're unsure of where to get your equipment from, check out this article that gives great tips on how to select the best CPAP provider.
The next step is getting the prescription to your equipment provider before they can dispense your order. You can either contact the prescribing physician, and have them send the prescription to the provider, or you can give your physician's contact information to the equipment provider and have them get ahold of it.
If you live in Alaska and need a sleep study performed to diagnose and treat your sleep apnea, contact the Alaska Sleep Clinic by clicking the link below. By doing so, you will receive a free minute phone consultation with a sleep educator who will help determine if a sleep study is right for you. Topics: cost of a sleep study. New Module Add content here. Alaska Sleep Education Center. At CPAP. There are a couple of ways you can request for CPAP. You can also request CPAP.
Simply follow the steps below to have us request your prescription for you:. Our prescription request service is currently available for customers with doctors located in the United States, Canada, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.
Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. If you do not have a prescription yet, you can have your doctor fill out our Standard Prescription Form or Provent Prescription Form and submit via email or fax. Prescription submissions can be accepted by email at cpap cpap. If your doctor needs help with writing a valid prescription for a CPAP machine, mask, or humidifier, we can tell them what topics need to be covered in order for CPAP.
You also can find your previous doctor and contact his or her office. BiPAP machines are slightly different from CPAPs in that they deliver airflow that vacillates between two different pressure settings: one for inhalation and another for exhalation. AutoPAPs deliver airflow at a slightly variable range that is adapted to your specific breathing patterns during sleep. All of the following doctors are licensed to write a prescription for your medical device:.
After securing your prescription for your sleep apnea treatment machine, you will need to figure out the best method to fill your prescription. Then based on symptoms and side effects, you may need a home sleep study or to visit a sleep lab.
At home sleep tests can be ordered online. Once your sleep test arrives you will wear the device for one night and then return it, so a qualified sleep physician can review your results and contact your doctor.
This is the cheaper testing option. They can monitor for things such as leg movement and brain wave activity, while home tests are limited to oxygen, heart rate, and torso movement. If your prescription shows an expiration date, it is valid until the date shown. If it contains a certain amount of refills, these items can be dispensed per the number of times listed. We are happy to review your prescription to determine when it can be used.
The mask bundles are exactly like regular CPAP masks that require a prescription, only each item is packaged individually. This way you still receive all of the same parts that come with your CPAP mask only you assemble the pieces yourself, with just a few clicks.
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