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ChatGPT transcribes the labels, links possible matches and drafts the question pack. You check every field.
Get sources ready
Build source-item table
Check against labels
Link matches, list differences
Check nothing merged
Draft question pack
Check pack before sharing
Use: You
The label photos, clinician list and typed use notes; give each source an ID (photo 1, clinic list, use notes).
Use: ChatGPT
Upload the photos and typed lists; ask for the source-item table with exact printed fields and unreadable markers.
What to paste into the tool
Task: Source-item table with exact printed fields and unreadable markers. Columns: source ID, exact printed product name, active ingredient if printed, strength with unit as printed, formulation, route, label directions verbatim, source date, and a reported or documented marker. Write "unreadable" where the printed text is not legible. Do not guess text or doses.
Use: You
Read every transcribed field against the physical label or list; keep mg and micrograms, combination ingredients and modified-release wording exactly as printed.
Ask ChatGPT in the same chat to correct any field you fix, then read the corrected table against the labels again. Small printed strengths and units may be misread from a photo.
Use: ChatGPT
Paste the corrected table; ask for possible matches left unresolved and a field-by-field discrepancy table without clinical interpretation.
What to paste into the tool
Task: Candidate cross-source links marked unresolved; Discrepancy table by field without clinical interpretation. Label each possible match "possible match - unresolved" and do not merge rows. For each linked pair list every differing field: name, ingredient, strength, form, route, directions, status, date. No clinical interpretation and no reconciliation.
Use: You
Check every source item appears in the links or the discrepancy table and no match was merged silently. Mark ambiguous identity for the pharmacist.
Use: ChatGPT
Paste the checked tables; ask for the question pack with the original-record reference index.
What to paste into the tool
Task: Draft comparison pack with open questions and original-record reference index. Write one neutral question per unresolved match and per discrepancy. Open with a note that this is preparation only and no medicine is started, stopped or changed. End with an index of source IDs and dates. Do not resolve any discrepancy and do not suggest doses.
Use: You
Read the pack against your sources. It holds no reconciled treatment schedule.
Check the pack states no medicine is started, stopped or changed, and every field traces to a source.
No photo leaves your device: you type each label, Claude builds the tables and a Word document.
Type the notes
Re-read, correct notes
Build table and matches
Check nothing merged
Create Word pack
Check before sharing
Use: You
Type each label exactly as printed into one note per source, with source ID, date and a label, clinician list or owner-reported marker.
Check every typed field matches what is printed on the original.
Use: You
Re-read each typed note against the original and correct it.
Use: Claude
Attach the typed notes; ask for the source-item table, possible matches left unresolved and a discrepancy table.
What to paste into the tool
Task: Source-item table with wording and units as typed; Candidate cross-source links marked unresolved and discrepancy table. One row per source item with every wording, unit and date as typed, including "unreadable" markers. Do not change names or strengths between rows. Keep label text, clinician list and owner-reported use visibly separate. Then list possible matches as "possible match - unresolved", without merging, and a table of every differing field. No clinical interpretation.
Use: You
Check no source item is lost and no match was merged; keep ambiguous identity flagged for the pharmacist.
Check the table matches your typed notes on names, strengths and directions.
Use: Claude
Paste the checked tables; ask for a downloadable Word document holding the comparison pack.
What to paste into the tool
Task: Downloadable comparison pack with open questions and original-record reference index. Create a Word document with the comparison table, one neutral question per unresolved match and per discrepancy, an opening note that this is preparation only and no medicine is started, stopped or changed, and a closing index of source IDs with dates. Do not resolve any discrepancy.
Use: You
Open the document and read it against your sources. It holds no reconciled treatment schedule.
Check it keeps the checked wording and states no medicine is started, stopped or changed. File creation on Free, Pro and Max plans is switched on in Settings before use.
You type one note per source. Gemini Notebook answers with quoted citations; you check each pass and assemble the pack.
Type the notes
Correct, add sources
Build cited table
Correct from citations
Cited cross-source answers
Check, save note
Draft cited questions
Assemble pack by hand
Use: You
Type each label as a separate note with source ID, date and a label, clinician list or owner-reported marker.
Check every typed field matches what is printed on the original.
Use: You
Check each note against the original, correct it, and add only the intended notes to a notebook as sources.
Use: Gemini Notebook
Ask for the source-item table with a quoted citation per field.
What to paste into the tool
Task: Source-item table with a citation per field. For each source give the printed product name, active ingredient if printed, strength with unit, formulation, route, directions and source date, quoting the passage for each. Write "not printed" where a field is absent. Keep label text, clinician list and owner-reported use separate. Do not guess.
Use: You
Click each citation, correct any field the quoted passage does not support, and note questions left open.
Use: Gemini Notebook
Ask cross-source questions; collect cited answers on possible matches and differing fields, matches kept unresolved.
What to paste into the tool
Task: Cited answers on possible matches and differing fields with matches kept unresolved. Which items might be the same medicine across sources? Mark every pair "unresolved". For each pair quote the fields that agree and that differ: name, ingredient, strength, form, route, directions, status, date. No clinical interpretation.
Use: You
Check no item is lost or merged, flag ambiguous identity for the pharmacist, save the checked answers as a source note.
Use: Gemini Notebook
Ask for cited draft questions, one per unresolved match and per discrepancy, grounded in the sources and your checked note.
What to paste into the tool
Task: Cited draft questions, one per unresolved match and per discrepancy. Draft one neutral question per unresolved match and per discrepancy. State that no medicine is started, stopped or changed. Where a question needs information not in the sources, mark it for me to write. Do not resolve any discrepancy.
Use: You
Assemble the pack by hand from the checked tables, cited questions and an index of source IDs. It holds no reconciled treatment schedule.
Check each question stays within the sources and adds no recommendation; no medicine is started, stopped or changed.
Best when: Typing every label is impractical; photos go in
What it does: ChatGPT reads photos and drafts; you check every field
Strong at: Reads photos and typed lists in one conversation
Limit: FAQ: not suitable for specialised medical images or advice
Free plan: Yes, limited (free tier limits images, voice, deep research, Codex)
Best when: No packaging image should be uploaded
What it does: You type every label; Claude builds tables and document
Strong at: Builds tables and downloadable Word documents in chat
Limit: Typing every label by hand is slow
Free plan: Yes, limited (usage capped in 5-hour and weekly windows)
Best when: Each compared field should trace to a quoted line
What it does: Gemini Notebook answers with citations; you assemble by hand
Strong at: Answers grounded in your sources with citations
Limit: Sources capped at 500,000 words or 200 MB each
Free plan: Yes, limited (notebook and source caps per tier)
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This is not medical advice or a finished medicine check. Urgent symptoms or suspected harm from a medicine need a professional now, not this pack.
No medicine is started, stopped or changed. The pharmacist assesses every discrepancy.
Read every transcription against the original label and never guess text or doses. Keep each source item and never merge a possible match silently.
Keep your own reported use, the clinician's instruction and the label text clearly separate, and do not treat an old clinician list as current. Check the pack against your sources before it leaves your hands.
Check the result against your original inputs. Approve it before sharing or acting.