Table 2 Medications on admission to, and discharge from, the National Psychosis Service
From: Skating on thin ice: pragmatic prescribing for medication refractory schizophrenia
Drug | Admission | Discharge | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Median dose | IQR | Frequency | Median dose | IQR | |
Clozapine | 47 | 450 | 218.8 | 90 | 412.5 | 275 |
Sodium valproate | 28 | 1200 | 925 | 37 | 1325 | 1000 |
Amisulpride | 20 | 600 | 600 | 33 | 400 | 325 |
Olanzapine | 36 | 20 | 2.5 | 25 | 20 | 10 |
Lithium | 11 | 800 | 0 | 21 | 800 | 200 |
Quetiapine | 15 | 550 | 325 | 21 | 600 | 237.5 |
Lamotrigine | 10 | 200 | 25 | 18 | 200 | 50 |
Risperidone consta | 8 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 7 | 2.7 | 0.9 |
Zuclopenthixol | 14 | 28.6 | 14.3 | 6 | 17.9 | 28.6 |
Risperidone | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
Carbamazepine | 11 | 400 | 350 | 4 | 400 | 200 |
Droperidol | 2 | 90 | 120 | 3 | 40 | 0 |
Sulpiride | 7 | 800 | 800 | 3 | 800 | 1200 |
Haloperidol | 8 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3.8 |
Melperone | 1 | 250 | 0 | 3 | 500 | 75 |
Flupenthixol | 6 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 2 | 4.5 | 3 |
Chlorpromazine | 6 | 175 | 200 | 2 | 800 | 0 |
Valproic acid | 4 | 750 | 250 | 1 | 1500 | 0 |
Perphenazine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 |
Pipotiazine | 5 | 6 | 4.7 | 1 | 5.3 | 0 |
Aripiprazole | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fluphenazine | 2 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trifluoperazine | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |