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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don't understand apnea very well and people who talk about their apnea going away are usually wrong.

I don't understand how the glps help with apnea. I've had it for decades and have lost significant weight but my apnea seems to have gotten worse post menopause. [/quote]

What I didn’t realize is that zepbound has already been approved for apnea treatment. https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-medication-obstructive-sleep-apnea

I’m not sure what YOUR understanding of apnea is, but it’s not caused by obesity, it’s caused by a narrowing of the airway, which can be caused by excessive weight in the area. You can have apnea from having a big neck, even if it’s not a fat neck. One doctor told me that if you have a neck size of more than 17, no matter the reason, you likely have apnea.

All that said, if it’s an issue of excessive pressure on your airway from weight, it’s likely fat, but airway fat is not the same as belly fat. You can have no belly fat and have airway fat. And you can have no airway fat and have belly fat. Generally, the amount of airway fat you have is roughly in line with your overall fat - if you overall gain weight through fat, you’re like to gain airway fat and same for losing it.

But, for some reason, when your body begins losing fat due to glp1s, airway fat seems to go faster and before other types of fat, like belly fat. Zepbound isn’t approved for apnea because it makes you lose weight, it makes you lose a specific kind of fat that causes apnea.

You should talk to your doctor because losing weight overall might not be helping you lose the airway fat and physiological changes due to menopause probably have more to do with your apnea than your weight.

And apnea can go away. For instance, mine. I’m still using my cpap and I can look at the data and see the change in my breathing and sleeping patterns. [/quote]

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