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Expert help for the millions of Americans who suffer from chronic snoring. Drowsiness, irritability, and congestion. Memory and concentration problems. Decreased alertness and productivity. Increased risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, migraines, and strokes. The ravages of snoring are all too familiar, yet easy to prevent. In No More Snoring, one of the world’s leading snoring specialists provides you with a proven, step-by-step program to cu… More >>
No More Snoring: A Proven Program for Conquering Snoring and Sleep Apnea
Victor Hoffstein, MD, PhD, is truly one of the most respected international authorities in the treatment of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea. His book “No More Snoring,” coauthored with distinguished medical writer Shirley Linde, PhD, covers all that a layman need know about the subject. It is well organized and written to be an easy read. It is accurate and reliable in all areas except treatment with oral appliances.
The information on oral appliances is inaccurate and misleading. For example they classify the Nocturnal Airway Patency Appliance (NAPA) as a tongue retaining device (TRD), which tugs on the tongue all night, and many patients find uncomfortable. The NAPA is definitely not a TRD. It is a mandibular advancement appliance (MAA), which most patients find much more comfortable to wear and more effective.
Then they say the first MAA was used in Germany in 1986. A 1985 report in the New England Journal of Medicine described how a NAPA had reduced the number of stopped-breathing episodes in a middle aged man from 79 per hour to 5 per hour.
As a very important aside, the above mentioned patient received his first NAPA in Honolulu in 1983 and has been wearing one nearly every night for over 17 years.
Rating: 3 / 5
Lose weight, stop smoking, drinking, coffee, become a veggie, yadda yadda. Nothing interesting or new here. I wish I hadn’t wasted the money.
Rating: 1 / 5
Defines a bunch of terms, tells you what to expect in the doctor’s office and why, says all treatments are useful. Contains no rigorous studies of efficacy, and nothing written by or even summarizing experts in the field. Does not begin to cover all the approaches possible and how likely they are to work for you.
Rating: 1 / 5
This book includes just about everything one needs to know to learn about sleep disorders. It allows you to test yourself at home and explains all of the different “treatments” available. However, none of those treatments boasted any substantial cure rate. The subtitle of the book “A Proven program for conquering snoring and sleep apnea” makes me ask the question “What is the program? Did I miss something?”
Rating: 3 / 5
I have been diagnosed with apnea and use a CPAP. I bought four books to gain a deeper insight into my condition. While informative this book does not cover the subject nearly as well as Sleep Apnea – Phantom of the Night. I would not recommend purchase of this book.
Rating: 1 / 5