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Table 4 Mean (SD) doses of antipsychotics

From: Prescribing trends of antipsychotics in youth receiving income assistance: results from a retrospective population database study

 

Quetiapine

Risperidone

Olanzapine

Haloperidol

Loxapine

Year

2002*

2006

2001

2006

2001

2006

2001

2006

2001

2006

Mean mg dose (SD)

306 (258)

266 (405)

2.9 (2.4)

2 (3.3)

13 (7.2)

13.6 (9.6)

5 (4.1)

4.6 (4)

32.3 (40.7)

16.8 (22)

N†

567

1375

1432

2547

633

1424

130

78

50

229

  1. * 2002 was chosen due to quetiapine’s release date on the market.
  2. †N represents the number of prescriptions for that antipsychotic during the year.