research on SLEEP Apnea with pain

[RUREADY]

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0,11&q=sleep+apnea+secondary+to+pain+and+depression

this is what the doctors and IMO's come from. I do hope it help somebody.

Also save money. You can summit this info yourself. Research it helps

Edited February 23, 2016 by RUREADY

[RUREADY]

keep searching until you find one that fit your case

long reads but good resource

[brokensoldier244th]

Research is great but you still have to have a doctor that will say that X research about 'that' guy applies to you and your conditions.Finding 1 study doesn't always mean it was peer reviewed or well done or well researched. Getting a study published in a journal is a lot about who you know and how much you pay to the journal- you can get almost anything published in a journal without peer review if you submit to the right ones. 

 

Google scholar is great, but there is a lot of junk on there, too. You have to be careful, sometimes. :-)

 

 

[Gastone]

A Vet friend just got an IMO regarding his ED & HBP and their Nexus to AO for $1500.00, from an IMO Specialist MD JD. He's at the CAVC and  evidently thinks this is his last best shot.

My lay opinion is he wasted his $$, both the ED & HBP were DX'd a number of yrs before his DM II, CAD or PTSD DX's were ever made. The IMO Dr discussed the last IOM AO Report indicating "Limited Evidence" regarding ED & HBP's AO relationship.

Semper Fi

[RUREADY]

if you every got an IMO did, you will see the same research

that doctor charge you 1500.00  for is the same as you

can find for free. All you got to do is show a link between the

two. Let VA pay for their IMO to counter your studies.

[brokensoldier244th]

Well, if you show a link its layperson evidence. If your doctor shows a link then its a medical opinion. thats the only difference. Nothing saying you can't do a lot of the legwork for the doctor, though, for free. You can talk to YOUR doctor for the price of a co-pay (if you're using civilian healthcare that isn't Tri, or Medi- somthing) rather than paying 1500+ for a guy/girl you don't know that contracts to do this stuff as a sideline. 

[rootbeer22]

Folks:

Thanks for the ljnk to the article and I'll read it today...

Like most Vets, I live with constant chronic pain for my SC issues that the VA already recognizes now. So, there's no question that constant pain does not allow for someone to get restful sleep which is very damaging to both the body and mind. I have not had quality sleep since the explosion and Anti-Tank Ditch Accident  that I was involved earlier in my Army career which is very long ago. I was just Sc'd for TBI but in the final analysis, I don't think that even considered the chronic pain and it's effects on my body. That said, I agree, unless a Doctor actually addresses it on a CP then the raters don't even consider it....But having the research out there that addresses these "pain issues" is still very helpful. Currently, a lot of Vets are suffering a s their long pain meds are being withdrawn systematically. As a result, more and more vets will have an even tougher time of getting "good" restful sleep as their pain meds are restricted. Frankly, it's important that the pain experts consider the long term of effects of these new policies that affect vets.

Godspeed  Rootbeer22