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Table 2 Antipsychotics prescribed on discharge

From: Antipsychotic prescribing for vulnerable populations: a clinical audit at an acute Australian mental health unit at two-time points

Class

Route

First AP

Second AP

Third AP

SGA

 

C1

C2

C1

C2

C1

C2

Amisulpride

PO

2

5

2

5

  

Aripiprazole

LAI

 

1

    

PO

4

10

2

1

  

Asenapine

PO

2

  

1

  

Clozapine

PO

17

13

 

2

  

Olanzapine

LAI

4

  

1

  

PO

45

45

12

16

  

Paliperidone

LAI

18

34

3

7

  

PO

 

1

1

   

Quetiapine

PO

39

31

6

7

2

 

Rispiridone

LAI

13

6

5

4

  

PO

34

38

11

14

  

Ziprasidone

PO

3

1

    

Subtotal

IM

35

41

8

12

  
 

PO

146

144

34

46

2

 

FGA

C1

C2

C1

C2

C1

C2

Chlorpromazine

PO

2

2

1

3

2

 

Flupenthixol

LAI

2

2

3

3

  

Fluphenazine

LAI

   

2

  

Haloperidol

LAI

2

 

1

   

PO

2

1

1

1

  

Zuclopenthixol

LAI

11

10

5

6

  

PO

  

2

1

  

Subtotal

IM

15

12

9

11

  
 

PO

4

3

4

5

2

 

AP Total

IM

50

53

17

23

  
 

PO

150

147

38

51

4

 

TOTAL

 

200

200

55

74

4

 
  1. SGA Second generation antipsychotic, FGA First generation antipsychotic, PO oral; LAI Long-acting injection, AP Antipsychotic, C1 Cohort 1, C2 Cohort 2