From: Polypharmacy in psychiatric practice in the Canary Islands
F0 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tranquillisers | |||||
Benzodiazepines | 45.6 | 85.6 | 54.8 | 74.6 | 91.1 |
No Benzodiazepines | 11.8 | 24.6 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
Antidepressants | |||||
SSRIs | 23.5 | 19.8 | 10.6 | 53.9 | 25.5 |
Tricyclic Antidepressants | 2.9 | 5.4 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 2.8 |
Other Antidepressants | 5.9 | - | 6.2 | 9.4 | 2.1 |
Antipsychotic | |||||
Conventional1 | 26.4 | 5.4 | 38.9 | 3.5 | 2.6 |
Atypical2 | 30.9 | 6.0 | 43.4 | 2.4 | 1.4 |
Depot | - | - | 22.1 | 0.5 | - |
Anticonvulsants | 1.5 | 6.6 | 20.3 | 6.6 | 3.5 |
Anti-parkinsonian drugs | 5.9 | - | 32.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
Lithium | - | - | - | 1.4 | 0.1 |
Average no. of psychotropics | 1.7 ± 0.9 | 1.9 ± 0.9 | 2.9 ± 1.6 | 1.9 ± 1.0 | 1.4 ± 0.7 |