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.