diff --git a/public/js/assistant/citations.js b/public/js/assistant/citations.js
index 5502457..ffd963a 100644
--- a/public/js/assistant/citations.js
+++ b/public/js/assistant/citations.js
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ export function renderCitationLinks(html, sources, options) {
 
 export function normalizeAdjacentCitationClusters(text, sources) {
   var available = Array.isArray(sources) ? sources : [];
-  var normalized = String(text || '').replace(/((?:\[(?:\d+\s*,\s*)*\d+\]\s*)+)\[((?:\d+\s*,\s*)*\d+)(?=$|[.,;:])/g, function(match, completeClusters, trailingCluster) {
+  var normalized = String(text || '').replace(/((?:\[(?:\d+\s*,\s*)*\d+\][ \t]*)+)\[((?:\d+\s*,\s*)*\d+)(?=$|[.,;:])/g, function(match, completeClusters, trailingCluster) {
     var nums = citationNumbers(completeClusters).concat(parseCitationCluster(trailingCluster));
     if (!allCitationsAvailable(nums, available)) return match;
     return formatCitationCluster(nums);
   });
 
-  return normalized.replace(/(?:\[(?:\d+\s*,\s*)*\d+\]\s*){2,}/g, function(match) {
+  return normalized.replace(/(?:\[(?:\d+\s*,\s*)*\d+\][ \t]*){2,}/g, function(match) {
     var nums = citationNumbers(match);
     if (!allCitationsAvailable(nums, available)) return match;
     return formatCitationCluster(nums);
@@ -90,21 +90,43 @@ function formatCitationCluster(nums) {
   return '[' + nums.join(', ') + ']';
 }
 
-export function normalizeMarkdownText(text) {
-  return stripOrphanMarkdownMarkers(normalizeTableSourceCitationCells(String(text || '')
-    .replace(/\r\n/g, '\n')
-    .replace(/(\[(?:\d+\s*,\s*)*\d+\])\s*[-–—]\s*/g, '$1\n- ')
-    .replace(/([.!?])\s*[-–—]\s+(\*\*)?/g, '$1\n- $2')
-    .replace(/(:)\s*[-–—]\s+(\*\*)?/g, '$1\n- $2')
+// Repairs the loose formatting models emit: run-together bullets, inline
+// headings, numbered items glued onto a sentence.
+//
+// Two rules make this safe. Table rows are never touched, because inserting a
+// newline inside "| a | b |" destroys the row and every row after it. And a
+// hyphen only starts a list item when what follows is not a number, because
+// "0.15 - 0.6 mg/kg" is a dose range, not a bullet, and splitting it shows the
+// reader a different dose.
+var TABLE_ROW = /^\s*\|.*\|\s*$/;
+var TABLE_DIVIDER = /^\s*\|?\s*:?-{2,}:?\s*(\|\s*:?-{2,}:?\s*)+\|?\s*$/;
+var LIST_BOUNDARY = /([.!?:;\]])\s+(-\s+(?!\d))/g;
+
+function repairLine(line) {
+  return line
+    // A citation followed by a hyphen starts the next item, unless a number follows.
+    .replace(/(\[(?:\d+\s*,\s*)*\d+\])\s*[-–—]\s+(?!\d)/g, '$1\n- ')
+    .replace(/([.!?])\s*[-–—]\s+(?!\d)(\*\*)?/g, '$1\n- $2')
+    .replace(/(:)\s*[-–—]\s+(?!\d)(\*\*)?/g, '$1\n- $2')
     .replace(/(\[(?:\d+\s*,\s*)*\d+\]\.)\s+(\d+\.\s+[A-Z][A-Za-z][^\n]{0,80})/g, '$1\n$2')
     .replace(/([.!?])\s+(\d+\.\s+[A-Z][A-Za-z][^\n]{0,80})/g, '$1\n$2')
     .replace(/(\[(?:\d+\s*,\s*)*\d+\])(?=\s*(?:[A-Z][A-Za-z]+\s+){1,4}(?:deficits?|distress|apnoea|apnea|vomiting|seizures?|signs?|symptoms?|criteria|indications?|risk|oxygen|saturation|dehydration|lethargy|toxicity)\b)/g, '$1\n')
-    .replace(/([^\n])\s+(#{1,4}\s+)/g, '$1\n\n$2')
-    .replace(/(#{1,4}\s+[^\n]+?)\s+(-\s+)/g, '$1\n\n$2')
-    .replace(/(#{1,4}\s+[^\n]+)\n(-\s+)/g, '$1\n\n$2')
-    .replace(/([.!?:;)\]])\s+(-\s+(?:Mainstay|Medications|Hospitalization|Other therapies|Prevention|Short-acting|Anticholinergics|Systemic|Adjuncts|Long-term|Infants|Differentiating|Persistent|Severe|Need for|Inadequate)\b)/g, '$1\n$2')
-    .replace(/([.!?:;)\]])\s+(-\s+[^\n])/g, '$1\n$2')
-    .trim()));
+    // A run-together heading is recognised by what follows the hashes: a capital
+    // letter means a heading, while "Item # 4" or a "#" table column does not.
+    .replace(/([^\n])\s+(#{1,4}\s+(?=[A-Z]))/g, '$1\n\n$2')
+    .replace(/(#{1,4}\s+[^\n]+?)\s+(-\s+(?!\d))/g, '$1\n\n$2')
+    .replace(LIST_BOUNDARY, '$1\n$2');
+}
+
+export function normalizeMarkdownText(text) {
+  var lines = String(text || '').replace(/\r\n/g, '\n').split('\n');
+  var repaired = lines.map(function(line, index) {
+    if (TABLE_ROW.test(line) || TABLE_DIVIDER.test(line)) return line;
+    // A line directly above a divider is a table header even without pipes.
+    if (index + 1 < lines.length && TABLE_DIVIDER.test(lines[index + 1])) return line;
+    return repairLine(line);
+  }).join('\n');
+  return stripOrphanMarkdownMarkers(normalizeTableSourceCitationCells(repaired).trim());
 }
 
 export function normalizeTableSourceCitationCells(text) {
diff --git a/test/assistant-citations.test.js b/test/assistant-citations.test.js
index 989e307..15b15fc 100644
--- a/test/assistant-citations.test.js
+++ b/test/assistant-citations.test.js
@@ -291,3 +291,48 @@ test('dollar amounts are not rendered as mathematics', async () => {
   assert.equal(renderLatexText('SpO$_2$ target', katex), 'SpO<KATEX>_2</KATEX> target');
   assert.equal(renderLatexText('Use $\\frac{1}{2}$ dose', katex), 'Use <KATEX>\\frac{1}{2}</KATEX> dose');
 });
+
+test('table rows are never rewritten by the bullet and heading repairs', async () => {
+  const { normalizeMarkdownText } = await loadCitationModule();
+  // A newline inserted inside a row destroys that row and every row after it.
+  for (const text of [
+    '| Dexamethasone | 0.6 mg/kg PO (max 16 mg) - single dose | 1 |',
+    '| Item # | Dose |',
+    '| Hypoxia | SpO2 <90 \\| escalate | 1 |',
+    '| Drug | Dose |\n|---|---|\n| Dex | 0.6 mg/kg (max 16 mg) - single dose |'
+  ]) {
+    assert.equal(normalizeMarkdownText(text), text, text);
+  }
+});
+
+test('ranges survive in headings, after citations, and beside a hash', async () => {
+  const { normalizeMarkdownText } = await loadCitationModule();
+  for (const text of [
+    '### Dexamethasone 0.15 - 0.6 mg/kg PO once',
+    '## Target SpO2 92 - 96%',
+    'Magnesium 40 mg/kg IV over 20 min [1] - 50 mg/kg is an alternative.',
+    'Room # 4 and bed # 2'
+  ]) {
+    assert.equal(normalizeMarkdownText(text), text, text);
+  }
+});
+
+test('the loose-formatting repairs still fire where they were meant to', async () => {
+  const { normalizeMarkdownText } = await loadCitationModule();
+  assert.equal(normalizeMarkdownText('Treatment options. - Dexamethasone first.'), 'Treatment options.\n- Dexamethasone first.');
+  assert.equal(normalizeMarkdownText('Options: - Dexamethasone'), 'Options:\n- Dexamethasone');
+  assert.equal(normalizeMarkdownText('Works well [1] - Dexamethasone helps'), 'Works well [1]\n- Dexamethasone helps');
+  assert.equal(normalizeMarkdownText('That is all. ## Management'), 'That is all.\n\n## Management');
+  assert.equal(normalizeMarkdownText('## Management - Dexamethasone first'), '## Management\n\n- Dexamethasone first');
+});
+
+test('adjacent citations merge only on the same line', async () => {
+  const { normalizeAdjacentCitationClusters } = await loadCitationModule();
+  const sources = [{ title: 'A' }, { title: 'B' }, { title: 'C' }];
+  assert.equal(normalizeAdjacentCitationClusters('Works [1] [2] [3].', sources), 'Works [1, 2, 3].');
+  // Merging across a break moved a citation onto a claim it never supported.
+  assert.equal(
+    normalizeAdjacentCitationClusters('Give ceftriaxone 50 mg/kg [1]\n\n[2] Vancomycin only if MRSA.', sources),
+    'Give ceftriaxone 50 mg/kg [1]\n\n[2] Vancomycin only if MRSA.'
+  );
+});