# Time to ditch the CPAP......but for one small problem

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 9, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-ditch-the-cpap-but-for-one-small-problem/1019394 "2025-06-09T22:38:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-ditch-the-cpap-but-for-one-small-problem/1019394/1 "2025-06-09T22:38:27Z")

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\*\* Usual medical advice disclaimer, yes I know, SDMB is not a Doctor, etc etc. \*\* I seen ideas and opinions from non-expert Dopers who use these things every night.

I got onto my first CPAP in 2003. At some point, about…8 years ago, I figured I really should get another sleep study.

My first sleep study had indicated an average of 74 apnic episodes per hour. Yes. That’s right. I averaged more than one cessation per minute. Dude put my printout up on their wall. Along with other similarly wicked high numbers.

I’ve been a Compliant Client ever since. Aside from a few times when there was a power outage where I was sleeping, I have not missed a night. In fact, in 22 years of CPAPing, I’ve gone less than 10 nights without.

So. A second sleep study. They deemed that I was no longer apnic at all. I figured, wahoo- ditch the machine. Problem is, after all of these years, I am completely trapped in needing extra air being shoved down my esophagus.

There are various devices that will open up the back of the throat and assist in a wider airway. ( I’m unwilling to pay cash for a surgical implant device. ) None of these devices seem expensive, and most do the same thing: They attempt a passive jaw thrust to open my airway.

[THIS little item, however](https://nochtis.com/products/nochtis-1?utm_medium=paid&utm_id=120226329123060118&utm_content=120226329123070118&utm_term=120226329123050118&utm_campaign=120226329123060118&fbclid=IwY2xjawK0QAxleHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQBqyF8yY6ktmJyaWQRMWQ2YlN0bWVqV1pMaTR0aksBHv9qSfvLJ1Bj_XZHX8vTuBcVxJW5iPDS-xYL-0LN5P1AS2-fLbpO8YkEO4cN_aem_Vj1QRHr3PAZe1pMlVynzyw&variant=53805640745286) seems to take a different approach. It seems to hold my tongue outwards past my lips.

Anyone using any oral device to beat snoring?

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-ditch-the-cpap-but-for-one-small-problem/1019394/2 "2025-06-10T01:09:34Z")

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I have a family member who uses it or a similar brand. Her original one was sized by a dentist and was expensive. She now has one that was cheaper but doesn’t fit as well, and plans to get a fifferent size. It works pretty well, though like a CPAP, if you wind up in certain positions, you may still snore until someone pokes you.