Phillips DreamStation CPAP Turns Into a Nightmare For Millions of Users

Phillip's offer to repair and replace their Dream Station and other CPAP models may be too late as users are not likely to trust the company again

Monday, September 27, 2021 - Millions of people that suffer from sleep apnea had been using the Phillips CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure ) sleep apnea machine and were shocked to learn that doing so put their lives at risk. Royal Phillips, the manufacturers of the device, have begun replacing the DreamStation sleep apnea machine following their admission that the foam used to insulate sound degrades and sends toxic, potentially carcinogenic particles, chemicals, and gasses into the patient's airways and lungs. Millions of trusting Phillips customers have been exposed to enough toxicity from the CPAP to have caused cancer. CPAP patients are waking up to the realization that they may have lung cancer now, even though they are not experiencing any symptoms. Lung cancer has a latency period of up to ten years before symptoms become painfully obvious. CPAP users are suing Royal Phillips after having been diagnosed with lung cancer. Phillips may have had prior knowledge that their sleep machines were defective and would malfunction. Plaintiffs allege the company knew or at least had an obligation to know that the insulation foam would degrade and produce noxious fumes. Some people have continued to use the device, against the advice of their doctors and government health officials and risk getting lung cancer any day.

Americans are not the only ones that are concerned about their health following the Phillips CPAP recall. According to the Toronto News, "An estimated two million Canadians suffer from sleep apnea, and those who use a Philips brand machine to help them sleep are frustrated that they could have to wait up to a year for repairs or replacement." Early symptoms that would indicate one is breathing toxic, possibly carcinogenic fumes are headaches, sinus pressure, coughing, and lung soreness the next day. Phillips has told users that it could take up to one year or more to replace the four million affected users during which time thousands more could develop Phillips CPAP cancer.

All federally filed Phillips CPAP lawsuits are being consolidated to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for pre-trial proceedings. Multidistrict litigation avoids repeating discovery and other administrative court proceedings thousands of times when multiple plaintiffs are suing the same manufacturer, used the same product, and have the same illness. According to the Pittsburg Legal Examiner, "10 cases already pending in various courts in Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania." The damages that the Phillips sleep apnea machine has caused are not limited to those that are catastrophic and life-threatening. Lawsuits are being filed by people that have been forced to discontinue using the device by the recall. One law firm has started a class-action suit alleging that plaintiffs were damaged by no longer have in access to their prescribed medical treatment. "class-action lawsuit was filed against Philips by a professional truck driver in Oregon, who seeks damages because he had to interrupt his sleep apnea treatment," according to Atraxial Law.

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