Will schizophrenia medication reduce lifespan for years?

[SzAdmin]

@Malvok

A long unmedicated schizophrenic life is worse than one that is short but treated.

The truth is that you’re likely to live longer if you take medications - says the research - so you get the best of both worlds:

Antipsychotic Treatment and Mortality in Schizophrenia: No Drugs = Higher Mortality

Good news for most of the people here: (I know that Firemonkey posted this before - I just wanted to draw attention to it, and the Pubmed reference). CONCLUSIONS: Among patients with schizophrenia, the cumulative antipsychotic exposure displays a U-shaped curve for overall mortality, revealing the highest risk of death among those patients with no antipsychotic use. These results indicate that both excess overall and cardiovascular mortality in schizophrenia is attributable to other factors than antipsychotic treatment when used in adequate dosages.