Requirement for doctors to detail process patient needs to follow to get off of any prescribe medication. If a doctor can prescribe based on symptoms and test, the doctor should also have part of that plan how to come of the medicine to ensure root cause is understood and clear to patient.
Each doctor would need to submit plan along with prescription to the pharmacy. Doctors would be required to review plan and make any needed referrals to assist patient.
Doctors would need supporting resources to help them with plans. If drug companies and providing data/training on the drugs they are selling they should also be showing the path to coming off the same drug. If there is no path, that should be clear to patient and the reason why.
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