Methods, Systems, and Apparatus for Tapering or Uptitrating Drug Dosages

A method of tapering or uptitrating a drug for a patient, comprising:

• receiving, at a computing device, a patient-derived parameter comprising at least one of:
• a Likert-like scale response indicative of the patient's motivation to begin or continue a drug tapering or uptitrating plan, a Likert-like scale response indicative of the patient's subjective perception of a drug tapering or uptitrating plan, the patient's blood pressure, the patient's heart rate, a Likert-like scale response indicative of the patient's subjective report of global well-being, or Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment Scale (CIWA-B) scores for a benzodiazepine or non-benzodiazepine sedative hypnotic;
• receiving, at a computing device, a provider-derived parameter comprising at least one of:
• a baseline dose, a desired end dose, a number of days per week the drug is taken, a day of the week the drug is taken, a number of weeks for tapering, a number of digits following a decimal place for the drug dose, a day for being drug-free days, a function of the taper plan, a strength of the taper plan, a specific dose strength on certain days, an upper bound for percentage reduction during each week or partial week, a lower bound for percentage reduction during each week or partial week, or a maximal percent reduction per week;
• generating, by the computing device, based on the at least one patient-derived parameter, the at least one provider-derived parameter, and the drug, a taper or uptitrating plan associated with the drug and the patient, wherein the taper or uptitrating plan is indicative of a plurality of dosage amounts of the drug for each of a plurality of specific days;
• determining, by the computing device, based on the taper or uptitrating plan, a first dosage amount of the plurality of dosage amounts of the drug;
• and
• sending, by the computing device, an indication of the first dosage amount.