Long-term medication for schizophrenia is safe

(Karolinska Institutet) Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and their colleagues in Germany, the USA and Finland have studied the safety of very long-term antipsychotic therapy for schizophrenia. According to the study, which is published in the scientific journal World Psychiatry, mortality was higher during periods when patients were not on medication than when they were.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news