Category: Treatments

Most people who use CPAP find the first few weeks really tough. You may be experiencing problems such as air leaking from the sides of your mask, claustrophobia or dry airways. There’s a good chance you’ve considered throwing in the towel. But before you give up, it’s important to understand that most problems can be easily solved with some minor adjustments to your therapy.

If controlling your asthma wasn’t already hard enough, having untreated sleep apnoea makes it almost impossible. But don’t be disheartened; new research has found that CPAP therapy will not only prevent apnoeas but can also help improve your asthma.

Mandibular advancement devices can be more comfortable and less invasive than CPAP — but before you hastily abandon your CPAP machine and dash out to buy one, it’s important to understand they aren’t suitable for everyone. Here is my list of the 5 most important things you need to consider before swapping your CPAP machine for a mouthful of MAD.

Yohimbine is a medicine which is extracted from the bark of the African Yohimbe tree. The drug has been shown to successfully treat Obstructive Sleep Apnoea in lab rats. Trials in human patients are just about to begin so watch this space — in the not to distant future you may be able to ditch your CPAP machine and take a naturally derived remedy instead!