A 68-page drug label to a 2-page patient leaflet, then Spanish

02 · REQUEST 1

"Write a 2-page take-home leaflet from the label"

Attached is the current PAXLOVID US label from DailyMed (68 pages; the Patient Information leaflet is on pages 35-41). Please write a 2-page take-home leaflet for our COVID-19 patients as a Word document.

Use only what the label says, in plain English (short sentences, about 6th-8th grade reading level). Sections, in this order:
1. What PAXLOVID is - including that it is not approved to prevent COVID-19
2. Before you start - kidney or liver problems, HIV-1, pregnancy, breastfeeding, hormonal birth control
3. How to take it - the standard Dose Pack, the two Dose Packs for kidney disease, and what to do if you miss a dose
4. Medicines you must not take with PAXLOVID - all 40 medicines from the 'Do not take PAXLOVID if' list on page 35, in a 3-column table
5. Side effects - the serious ones and the most common ones
6. When to get help right away

Letter size, 2 pages maximum.

What did

• Read the Patient Information pages and filed the facts each section needs, with the page they come from.
• Wrote the six sections in the order asked, in short sentences, as a new Word file on Letter paper.
• Gave all three packs with their tablets: 2 pink and 1 white twice a day; 1 pink and 1 white twice a day for moderate kidney disease; and for severe kidney disease, 2 pink and 1 white on Day 1, then 1 pink and 1 white once a day, after dialysis on dialysis days.
• Put the 40 medicines in a 3-column table, keeping "midazolam (oral)" and "for pulmonary arterial hypertension" as the label words them.
• Checked the printed layout before handing it over: two pages.

We checked it against the label: every dose and pack matches the label’s summary on page 1 and its pack pictures on pages 38 and 39; the missed-dose rule is the label’s 8 hours; the table holds exactly the 40 medicines of page 35, none missing, none added; laid out by Word’s rules and by LibreOffice, it prints on two Letter pages.

03 · REQUEST 2

"Three pharmacist edits, then a Spanish copy"

Pharmacist review of the English leaflet - please edit that same file:
1. Add a shaded box at the very top that reads exactly: 'Tell every doctor and pharmacist you are taking PAXLOVID.'
2. In 'How to take it', add that the tablets must be swallowed whole (do not chew, break or crush them) and can be taken with or without food.
3. Directly under the medicines table, add: 'This is not a complete list. Ask your pharmacist before you start any new medicine.'
Leave everything else as it is.

Then make a Spanish copy of the updated leaflet as a separate Word file: same sections, same table, still 2 pages. Use 'usted' throughout, keep the brand name PAXLOVID and the drug names unchanged, and keep every dose and number exactly as in the English.

What did

• Opened the leaflet it had made and edited that same file.
• Added the sentence at the very top as a shaded box, word for word.
• Left "How to take it" alone: the leaflet already said to swallow the tablets whole and that they can be taken with or without food.
• Added the "not a complete list" line directly under the table, outside it.
• Made the Spanish copy as a separate Word file from the edited leaflet: "usted" throughout, the drug names and every number as in the English.

We checked it: the only differences from request 1 are the box and the line under the table; the English still prints on two pages; the Spanish copy has the same 40 medicines, the same doses (150 mg, 100 mg, 5 días, 8 horas) and no "tú" forms.

Worth knowing: Spanish runs longer than English. Laid out by Word’s rules, the Spanish copy spills six lines onto a third page (LibreOffice fits it on two). ’s reply said so instead of claiming two pages; trimming one sentence or the margins in Word brings it back.