Table 2 Medications prescribed in the total sample of 2647 valid cases.
From: Polypharmacy in psychiatric practice in the Canary Islands
% of patients using this drug | % Monotherapy | |
|---|---|---|
Tranquillisers | 87.3 | 51.1 |
Benzodiazepines | 84.4 | 54.0 |
No Benzodiazepines | 2.9 | 34.5 |
Antidepressants | 37.5 | 23.2 |
SSRIs | 29.0 | 24.1 |
Tricyclic Antidepressants | 4.2 | 23.8 |
Other Antidepressants | 4.3 | 16.3 |
Antipsychotic | 10.9 | 18.3 |
Conventional1 | 5.2 | 17.3 |
Atypical2 | 4.6 | 21.7 |
Depot | 1.1 | 9.1 |
Anticonvulsants | 4.8 | 18.7 |
Anti-parkinsonian drugs | 1.7 | 0 |
Lithium | 0.5 | 20.0 |