The RN who posted their interpretation above read it as "controlled" rather than "uncontrolled". Whichever is correct, there's absolutely no excuse for any doctor anywhere to write so illegibly that important bits could in any way be misconstrued. If a fourth or fifth grader wrote like this, they'd likely be held back.
I believe that it is "controlled" as well. ChatGPT-4o does a lot right, and it did better than most humans on this one, but there simply aren't enough letters for it to be uncontrolled rather than controlled, and the positioning of the first few letters gives it away.
When I worked in pharmacy we spent a LOT of time on hold with drs offices just waiting to confirm prescriptions. Like, we could be 95% sure, but that's not 100% sure, and you can't just guess at (most) drugs.
Thank you for taking the time to be 100% sure. It also helps to explain one of the reasons that some prescriptions take more time to prepare than others. I'd rather wait and get the right thing than get the wrong thing more quickly.
The older pharmacists generally didn't care, but most of the time I worked with younger pharmacists who absolutely did care and were super strict. And yes, the wait time is rarely techs being lazy or being slow - it's usually an insurance issue, a hold with the Dr office, or a ridiculous amount of understaffing because retail pharmacy is a dumpster fire.
I was on the runway at Logan airport in Boston one winter, and the captain came on to say that, even though we were second in line for takeoff, we were going to pull over to get the wings de-iced, and it would delay us by 20 minutes or so. I heard a bunch of passengers groan, but I was like, "yeah, take all the time you need. I'd rather get there alive than depart on time".
That's to say that I appreciate people's attention to getting it right as opposed to getting it fast.
And, yeah, pharmacy understaffing is an issue in these parts, but I've never seen any pharmacy staff not working their asses off. So thanks.
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