User talk:Chey.snav

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Opioid use disorder
Is about opioid use disorder. Opioid overdose is a different page.

Wondering why you removed "Opioid use disorders resulted in 51,000 deaths worldwide in 2013, up from 18,000 deaths in 1990."

Best Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 02:37, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi,

Thanks for your message. I know opioid overdose is a different page, I do however think its important to have some key pieces of info from that in this article as well for convenience to the public. The reason I removed that stat is because I could not find that statistic listed anywhere in the reference, nor do I think opioid use disorder can be attributed directly to deaths worldwide. That disorder isn't causing death, over-dose is causing death, recklessness is causing death, violence is causing death. While these all can be related to opioid use disorder I think it would be difficult to directly measure, and the article cited (i could be mistaken) did not have that info. I hope this makes sense.
 * Open the pdf go to page 89. It says "Opioid use disorders" All deaths "50.7 thousand". Journal is the Lancet. Article is a systematic review. Additionally it is global in scope which is preferable to US only. There is a new version of the GBD for 2015 which we should try to fine and use.
 * Agree some coverage of "opioid overdose" should be included. But we first need coverage of the symptoms of "opioid use disorder" IMO. The DSM5 would be a good source for that. Best Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 20:06, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi,

I agree the DSM is a great resource however they reserve all rights to my knowledge so I've been a bit stumped trying to find another source.
 * One just needs to paraphrase the DSM5, you are welcome to use it as a reference.
 * Here is how you would format it
 * We were at one time using their definitions verbatim and they did write us asking us to stop.
 * Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:59, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Have formatted the reference for you. Do you want see if you can figure out how to add the page numbers? Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 02:49, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Have formatted the reference for you. Do you want see if you can figure out how to add the page numbers? Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 02:49, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

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