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Hate Your CPAP Machine? A New Sleep Apnea Drug May Help You Get Rid of It

There is currently no drug that treats sleep apnea. However, the third clinical trial of AD109 suggests there could be one in the future. Taylor Leamey wrote about all things wellness for CNET, ...
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New tech is reshaping sleep apnea treatment beyond traditional CPAP

The FDA approved the first-ever medication for obstructive sleep apnea in December 2024, expanding a treatment landscape that has long centered on continuous positive airway pressure machines.
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New CPAP Device with Much Lower Pressure Found as Effective as Traditional CPAP and Reported to be More Comfortable

Study offers promise of greater comfort for current CPAP users and a better option for the roughly half of obstructive sleep apnea patients who refuse or abandon CPAP MURFREESBORO, Tenn., Oct. 8, 2024 ...
The New York Times

A Pill for Sleep Apnea Could Be on the Horizon

Experts say that if the new drug gets approved, it may lead to a big shift in how we treat the condition. By Caroline Hopkins Legaspi Tens of millions of people in the United States struggle with ...
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Could a Sleep Apnea Pill Replace Your CPAP Machine? New Study Is Promising

If you’ve been diagnosed with sleep apnea, you likely already know that a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device is considered the gold-standard treatment. And while that’s true, it can ...
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Yes, there is a new Philips CPAP machine settlement

In 2021, polyester-based polyurethane (PE-PUR) foam used in Philips Respironics ventilators, CPAP and BiPAP machines was found to degrade and cause serious health issues or death, leading to a mass ...
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How Lincare cashed in on the disastrous recall of Philips breathing machines — at the expense of patients

This article originally appeared in ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. For ...