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Table 2 Prevalence of long-term antipsychotic polypharmacy combinations (n = 338)

From: Extracting antipsychotic polypharmacy data from electronic health records: developing and evaluating a novel process

Antipsychotic medication

n

Plus at least one other FGAa n (%)

Plus at least one other SGAa n (%)

First Generation Antipsychotics (FGA)a

Chlorpromazine

8

1 (12.5)

7 (87.5)

Flupentixol

26

6 (23.1)

20 (76.9)

Fluphenazine

4

2 (50.0)

2 (50.0)

Haloperidol

30

5 (16.7)

25 (83.3)

Levomepromazine

1

-

1 (100.0)

Pericyazine

1

1 (100.0)

-

Pimozide

2

-

2 (100.0)

Pipothiazine

10

2 (20.0)

8 (80.0)

Sulpride

33

1 (3.0)

32 (97.0)

Trifluoperazine

3

-

3 (100.0)

Zuclopenthixol

25

-

25 (100.0)

Second Generation Antipsychotics (SGA)a

Amisulpride

118

18 (15.3)

100 (84.7)

Aripiprazole

79

12 (15.2)

67 (84.8)

Clozapine

168

27 (16.1)

141 (83.9)

Olanzapine

95

44 (46.3)

51 (53.7)

Paliperidone

40

8 (20.0)

32 (80.0)

Quetiapine

21

11 (52.4)

10 (47.6)

Risperidone

64

21 (32.8)

43 (67.2)

  1. aThese are overlapping categories; antipsychotic combinations may include additional FGAs or SGA where patients are prescribed more than 2 antipsychotics simultaneously