It depends on how ones defines "force".   Depriving people of the treatment required is a form of force -- it's just passive-aggressive force.

He probably needs something to manage a metabolic disorder that's destroying his central nervous system.   This causes a lot of pain -- incalculable pain.

It's pathetic what passes for medical "treatment" in these cases.  (Ignoring large sections of biology texts from the 60s and 70s in order to focus on approaches that make more money.  A lot more money.)