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Table 2 Received primary therapeutic agent (PTA) in the study population, n = 329

From: Previous hospital admissions and disease severity predict the use of antipsychotic combination treatment in patients with schizophrenia

Drug or treatment regimen

No. of patients (%)

Mean daily dose mg*

CPZ equivalents mg**

Second generation antipsychotic (SGA)

305 (92.7%)

  

Olanzapine

104 (31.6%)

14.4

288

Risperidon or Risperdal Consta

41 (20.6%)

3.7

244

Quetiapine

58 (17.6%)

537,5

698

Aripiprazole

51 (15.5%)

14.2

189

Ziprasidon

20 (6.1%)

85.8

137

Amisulpride

11 (3.3%)

615.9

616

Clozapine

16 (4.8%)

390.6

391

Sertindole

4 (1.2%)

18.2

342

First generation antipsychotic (FGA)

24 (7.3%)

  

Perphenazine or Perphenazine decan.

12 (3.6%)

8.9

111

Zuclopenthixol or Zuclopenthixol decan.

6 (2.1%)

20.0

80

Chlorprothixen

3 (0.9%)

116.7

233

Levomepromazine

1 (0,3%)

120

120

Chlorpromazine

1 (0.3%)

30.0

120

Flupentixol

1 (0.3%)

1.0

50

Haloperidol

0 (0%)

  

No. of patients using only one antipsychotic drug

228 (69.3%)

  

No. of patients using more than one antipsychotic drug

101 (30.7%)

  
  1. *Per oral medication only.
  2. ** CPZ equivalents; Chlorpromazine equivalents according to Kroken et al 2009: http://0-www-biomedcentral-com.brum.beds.ac.uk/1471-244X/9/24/table/T1