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. 2003 Jun;55(6):596–603. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.2003.01792.x

Table 2.

Quarterly prescription number for antipsychotics, England 2000–2001

2000 2001
Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sept Oct–Dec Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sept Oct–Dec
England prescription numbers
    Chlorpromazine 129 080 126 445 125 964 128 090 171 615 193 423 195 133 199 527
    Haloperidol 94 065 92 761 93 247 95 916 120 317 121 335 119 569 121 123
    Olanzapine 95 582 105 014 117 868 130 557 143 416 161 338 178 157 198 713
    Risperidone 102 267 112 903 125 946 141 501 175 065 201 296 220 184 241 738
    Sulpiride 60 957 60 947 61 051 61 015 62 169 62 459 61 224 61 490
    Thioridazine 431 190 429 410 432 374 416 287 165 843 76 414 55 881 46 921
    Trifluoperazine 135 688 134 922 133 653 133 438 143 531 144 539 139 987 140 156
    Others 109 002 114 006 118 545 123 454 149 789 151 411 151 076 160 037
    Total 1 157 831 1 176 408 1 208 648 1 230 258 1 131 745 1 112 215 1 121 211 1 169 705
England prescriptions, %
    Chlorpromazine 11.15 10.75 10.42 10.41 15.16 17.39 17.40 17.06
    Haloperidol 8.12 7.89 7.71 7.80 10.63 10.91 10.66 10.36
    Olanzapine 8.26 8.93 9.75 10.61 12.67 14.51 15.89 16.99
    Risperidone 8.83 9.60 10.42 11.50 15.47 18.10 19.64 20.67
    Sulpiride 5.26 5.18 5.05 4.96 5.49 5.62 5.46 5.26
    Thioridazine 37.24 36.50 35.77 33.84 14.65 6.87 4.98 4.01
    Trifluoperazine 11.72 11.47 11.06 10.85 12.68 13.00 12.49 11.98
    Others 9.41 9.69 9.81 10.03 13.24 13.61 13.47 13.68

Upper panel prescription numbers, lower panel percentage of prescriptions. Others, Eighteen other antipsychotics, see text.