Talk:Opioid overdose

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Blue's Clues Contributions

Hello! Our group's name is Blue's Clues and we are aiming to improve parts of this article over the coming months. We would like to start with editing the Lead writing style and structure to better facilitate a logical flow of thought while ensuring that the citations are appropriate. The largest contribution we hope to make is to the 'Mechanisms' subheading which currently lacks details about the biochemical pathways involved in opioid overdose. We aim to conduct thorough research on this subject and add to the information already found on the page. Finally, we hope to explore the concept of mental health as a risk factor in order to support the claims made in the Lead. This is our first editing endeavour so any help or comments are appreciated! Dayakgill (talk) 15:36, 23 October 2020 (UTC) Sahrishmasood (talk) 15:36, 23 October 2020 (UTC) NoThisIsPatrick3000 (talk) 15:44, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

Here's a link to our sandbox, in which we will be making our edits Blue's Clues Sandbox

Update: While conducting research for our contributions, we found a paper that suggests the GABA neurotransmitter study may not be associated with opioid-related respiratory depression. We have outlined our adjustments to this section in our sandbox (under Mechanisms edits > Proposed edits) and would appreciate any feedback before we publish our changes!

Sahrishmasood (talk) 17:15, 30 October 2020 (UTC) NoThisIsPatrick3000 (talk) 17:15, 30 October 2020 (UTC) Dayakgill (talk) 17:17, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

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I made some changes to the Treatment section to split up naloxone vs basic life support vs other treatments. I added information about naloxone formulations for public use, some discussion about synthetic opioids, and cleaned up old sources to discuss access to naloxone. I'm also planning to make some edits to epidemiology to more clearly explain the epidemiological shift from heroin to synthetic opioids in the past ~5 years. --Alexloopy (talk) 22:00, 4 November 2022 (UTC)