[unlearner]

Non-specialists are more likely to prescribe sleeping medicine that is not recommended for OSA.

OSA causes sleep problems, but the underlying cause of oxygen deprivation must be addressed safely. Otherwise, it can lead to strokes or heart attacks.

Usually this means using positive air pressure during at least some (REM) seep.

Some people permanently recover via weight loss.

In extreme cases, a tracheotomy may be required.

[jjsheridan5]

In extreme cases, a tracheotomy may be required.

I have never heard of this. As far as my research goes, the *only* surgical approach which really works is Maxillo Mandibular Advancement surgery (this is the surgery performed on then-Cleveland Indians 1st baseman Mike Napoli). Originally part of the so-called "Stanford Protocol" (the gold standard of surgical approaches to apnea), it has since become the gold-standard on its own, since the UPPP surgery (part of the Stanford Protocol) was found to be problematic, and unnecessary in any case). But a "tracheotomy"? I have never heard of this. Do you mean a UPPP? In which case, studies have been pretty definitive that even if there is a benefit, it is generally minor, and, unfortunately, goes away over time.