Comment by Aloha
Comment by Aloha 10 months ago
What bothers me is that you need a prescription to get a mask for a CPAP - I kinda get the prescription needed for the CPAP - but the accessory mask - that just seems absurd to me.
Comment by Aloha 10 months ago
What bothers me is that you need a prescription to get a mask for a CPAP - I kinda get the prescription needed for the CPAP - but the accessory mask - that just seems absurd to me.
Yeah, doctors can write a prescription for over the counter drugs for this reason.
I bought masks at sleeplay and another cpap store and they didn't ask for prescriptions. Sleeplay did ask for a prescription when I wanted to buy a travel CPAP.
You don't need a prescription for CPAP masks and you don't need a prescription for CPAP devices. You can freely buy both in most parts of the world. If you happen to live somewhere where you can't (and you can't get a prescription for some reason), then I suggest you find an online reseller anyway.
From a few minutes on Google, it appears like most developed countries require a prescription to purchase a CPAP device, including the US (varies per state), Canada, UK, Australia, Germany, France and Italy.
The most notable exceptions I find are Japan and Singapore, where it can be purchased without an Rx.
No, you need a prescription in the US. And that prescription is withheld by sleep specialist “doctors” until you do an expensive and unnecessary sleep study. These doctors serve no useful role other than telling you really obvious things, but you are forced into multiple appointments with them just for the prescriptions. Going through insurance then can require at least one more follow up appointment, but sometimes more depending on your plan. Some of them require multiple appointments where the doctor confirms your usage.
That’s not true at all, I purchased mine in the UK without a prescription.
The websites I found indicate that a prescription is required in the UK to purchase a CPAP machine. If you have any alternative links, please do share.
Here is an example of what I found:
> Do I need a prescription to buy a CPAP mask?
> You do need to provide written confirmation of CPAP suitability when ordering a machine, but this is not required for a CPAP mask.
Looks like there's plenty of masks available on Amazon. I suspect a major part of why the mask gets a prescription is to make insurance covering it simpler.