That isn't entirely true. Opiate withdrawal is deadly for a decent percentage of people, especially those who use it to deal with chronic pain. The withdrawal combined with the pain coming back is too much for their bodies if they are in poor health or elderly.
Legally you are required to wean them off or switch to a less powerful opiate and gradually decrease the dosage to avoid those deaths.
Maybe cutting off the drugs cold turkey can cause severe adverse reactions?
They have no problem doing that with opiates, which are far, far more addictive.
In fact they shut off peoples opiates constantly without any 'weaning' required.
Opiate withdrawal is extremely unpleasant but not actually harmful. You'll be in hell for a few days, then you'll be fine.
Suddenly stopping hormonal "treatments" could, theoretically, permanently ruin your endocrine system. This is a sensible measure to prevent that.
That isn't entirely true. Opiate withdrawal is deadly for a decent percentage of people, especially those who use it to deal with chronic pain. The withdrawal combined with the pain coming back is too much for their bodies if they are in poor health or elderly.
Legally you are required to wean them off or switch to a less powerful opiate and gradually decrease the dosage to avoid those deaths.