Mandate patient‑centred taper plans

Require clinicians and health systems to provide individualized, documented tapering plans and informed consent that explicitly state withdrawal risk, a hyperbolic/slow reduction schedule, monitoring steps, and contingency supports. Such a standard of care would be codified in clinical guidance, taught in residencies, and audited in quality metrics. — Making tailored taper plans a clinical and regulatory requirement would reduce protracted withdrawal harm, redistribute responsibility from ad‑hoc patient communities to formal medicine, and reshape prescribing and malpractice norms.