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Methamphetamine

Hi JMH,

I decided to work on meth for GA since it won't take me very long to fix and it gets a lot of traffic. I've added all the sections that I intend to expand or rewrite and re-cite in that article, but I was wondering if you'd be willing to take a look at the layout and make any necessary changes or add any relevant new sections. I did intentionally deviate from MEDMOS on two things though:

• "Neurotoxicity" is in the side effects section instead of the OD section
• I grouped "Dependence, addiction and withdrawal" together like I did in amphetamine.

Regards, Seppi333 (Insert 2¢) 23:34, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

Layout looks good. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 05:22, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the assistance! Seppi333 (Insert 2¢) 07:15, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

OVERDOSAGE

Manifestations of acute overdosage with methamphetamine include restlessness, tremor, hyperreflexia, rapid respiration, confusion, assaultiveness, hallucinations, panic states, hyperpyrexia, and rhabdomyolysis. Fatigue and depression usually follow the central stimulation. Cardiovascular effects include arrhythmias, hypertension or hypotension, and circulatory collapse. Gastrointestinal symptoms include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal cramps. Fatal poisoning usually terminates in convulsions and coma.

Consult with a Certified Poison Control Center regarding treatment for up to date guidance and advice. Management of acute methamphetamine intoxication is largely symptomatic and includes gastric evacuation, administration of activated charcoal, and sedation. Experience with hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis is inadequate to permit recommendations in this regard.

Acidification of urine increases methamphetamine excretion, but is believed to increase risk of acute renal failure if myoglobinuria is present. Intravenous phentolamine (Regitine*) has been suggested for possible acute, severe hypertension, if this complicates methamphetamine overdosage. Usually a gradual drop in blood pressure will result when sufficient sedation has been achieved. Chlorpromazine has been reported to be useful in decreasing CNS stimulation and sympathomimetic effects.

I would use a recent toxicology textbook (books). Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 13:20, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Edit conflict

I will section edit Cluster headache#Signs and symptoms to avoid ec. Regards, Lesion (talk) 04:28, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

Citations

I had heard that wikipedia is unfriendly to new contributors and now I see why. I put a lot of effort into that and you blew it away in a few minutes with a canned response. The current initial paragraph on treatment is about 7 years out of date as NNRTIs are now only one of four preferred first line regimens. The referenced WHO guideline includes NVP based regimens which have been shown to have increased mortality and have been taken out of all current guidelines. You also reverted the citation of the US DHHS guidelines to a prior version which has been revised twice since. I'm sorry if my style is not correct, but the substance was improved. Pgcudahy (talk) 08:28, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

Happy to discuss. Yes it does take some time to learn how Misplaced Pages works. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 08:44, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

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RfC

Hi Doc James. FYI - I revised Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Medicine/RFC on medical disclaimer using your user name. -- Jreferee (talk) 16:29, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

And I reverted-- Jref added a general oppose to the top, which was no different than the general opposes already in the views. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:02, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

Equianalgesia

Hey there. I wanted to ask if you'd be willing — over the next month or two — to assist me in verifying, referencing, and restandardizing the data contained in this chart. Best,   — C M B J   11:42, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Sure. First issue I see is that it takes up 1.5 widths of my screen. Needs to be narrowed. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 12:01, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

See if the size looks good now. On the note of restandardization, what're your thoughts on IV/IM morphine as the gold standard? I'm of the mind that PO morphine isn't the most ideal baseline reference value as per the talk page. Alternatively, the charts could be split into two, but I think it's possible to keep them unified with some effort.   — C M B J   22:58, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Synesthesia

I noticed your recent edits to the article on Synesthesia. I can see you put a lot of hard work into that. I just wanted to ask you about something. The caption under the illustration to the right of the section on "Diagnosis" that starts "2Reaction times" does not make sense to me. Major: The syntax needs to be fixed in order for it to make sense. Minor: "2Reaction" needs a space between "2" and "reaction", and I don't think "reaction" needs to be capitalized.CorinneSD (talk) 22:34, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

I'm sure that was just some sort of typo -- anyway I fixed it by removing the 2. Looie496 (talk) 23:17, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Seems like it is controversial.Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 00:27, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Seizures and X-linked intellectual disability

You may like to have a look at Seizures and X-linked intellectual disability dolfrog (talk) 23:57, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 00:27, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Primary sources

We generally do not allow primary sources for medical content. Please use secondary sources such as review articles. Thanks Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 09:58, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

I've been checking similar webpabes re: social anxiety, and I've seen they refer to primary sources. Please, advise. PsicoFS (talk) 17:41, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

We here at Misplaced Pages prefer secondary sources. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 19:06, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Re: Bot

Hi Doc James! BattyBot 25 is working to fix dates in references that do not meet MOS:DATEFORMAT. Eventually, dates in incorrect formats will have a Check date values message visible for everyone to see, so the goal of the bot is to fix many of the common unambigious formats before the message gets switched on. We're still finding lots of creative bad date formats (as you can see on my talk page), which is why the bot is on its second run through Category:CS1 errors: dates. All of the changes are getting bundled together for future runs, as you suggested. We haven't decided how often the bot should run, but your input at Help talk:Citation Style 1 would be appreciated.

It would be great if we could change the citation templates so whatever format people put in would be displayed properly. If we only had one valid date format for all of Misplaced Pages, that might even be possible. However, with multiple acceptable formats, I don't know how this could be done. Any programming expertise you could provide at Help talk:Citation Style 1 would also be appreciated.

Most importantly, I understand that the standard watchlist only shows the most recent edit to an article, and if multiple people (or bots) edit on the same day, it takes more clicks to view the entire history to keep an eye out for vandalism. I recently learned that if you set your Preferences to Group changes by page in recent changes and watchlist and Expand watchlist to show all changes, not just the most recent, you'll be able get a more complete picture of all the edits that were recently made to an article. So instead of Hepatitis C just showing BattyBot, you could see on your watchlist that Donpayette and Flaming Ferrari also recently edited the page. (You may also want to increase the maximum numberof changes to show in expanded watchlist, depending on how many pages you're watching.)

Thanks, and happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 02:42, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks will take a look. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 08:15, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Epilepsy

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Epilepsy you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jfdwolff -- Jfdwolff (talk) 21:30, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Many thanks. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 21:32, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Scalable reference columns

Hi Doc James, I may agree with you about the refs being too wide for 30em . 45em may be better - in my browser the average refs are now one or two lines. How does that compare to fixed for you? Widefox; talk 23:32, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

I prefer just setting it at 2 columns. The other formatting does not work across languages. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 23:39, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Please do not remove the NPOV tag from Circumcision

There is an ongoing discussion at the NPOV noticeboard. Until the issue has been resolved, the tag remains at the top of the article. ScienceApe (talk) 01:51, 8 January 2014 (UTC)