Table 4 Final prescribing patterns charted against patient variables, including age, sex, a positive family history of a psychotic illness (FHx), a concomitant personality disorder (PD), alcohol, cannabis, or other illicit drug use
From: Skating on thin ice: pragmatic prescribing for medication refractory schizophrenia
Rx: clozapine | Age median (IQR) | Sex (M/F) | FHx | PD | Alcohol | Cannabis | Other substances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Monotherapy | 27 (16) | 23/13 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 10 |
+ Quetiapine | 37 (12) | 8/5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
+ Amisulpiride | 31 (7) | 16/10 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
+ Lithium | 30 (7) | 8/8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
+ Valproate | 33 (7) | 10/12 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 9 |