Exactly this. I've also dealt with the whole CPAP thing, and the extent to which the whole industry is obviously infantilizing-for-profit is infuriating. Over the years, it's gotten increasingly difficult to just "buy the supplies yourself," (aka easily and/or cheaply) and the extremely condescending "reasoning" we get is "oh, it's medical equipment and therefore dangerous so we get to control it."

And here, having done it for years, I can tell you this is nearly absolute BS. It's a hose hooked up to a fan that softly blows somewhat filtered air through a tube. That's IT. There's no remotely signficant way that this thing will hurt you even if used improperly; especially as compared to so much other dangerous OTC drugs and/or medical equipment.