Table 3.
Quarterly prescription number for antipsychotics, Scotland 2000–2001
| 2000 | 2001 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan–Mar | Apr–Jun | Jul–Sept | Oct–Dec | Jan–Mar | Apr–Jun | Jul–Sept | Oct–Dec | |
| Scotland prescription numbers | ||||||||
| Chlorpromazine | 17 589 | 17 520 | 17 436 | 18 393 | 32 406 | 37 090 | 36 703 | 38 600 |
| Haloperidol | 6 825 | 6 871 | 7 103 | 7 863 | 11 431 | 10 942 | 10 575 | 10 722 |
| Olanzapine | 8 691 | 9 501 | 10 388 | 11 645 | 12 719 | 14 777 | 15 937 | 17 820 |
| Risperidone | 11 200 | 12 278 | 13 096 | 14 818 | 17 665 | 20 304 | 21 489 | 23 370 |
| Sulpiride | 5 718 | 5 919 | 5 886 | 5 833 | 6 005 | 6 175 | 6 056 | 6 096 |
| Thioridazine | 60 825 | 60 954 | 60 401 | 57 502 | 19 538 | 8 134 | 6 063 | 5 376 |
| Trifluoperazine | 6 008 | 6 005 | 6 115 | 6 000 | 6 017 | 5 951 | 5 793 | 5 798 |
| Others | 11 963 | 12 625 | 13 019 | 13 821 | 15 844 | 15 996 | 16 141 | 16 854 |
| Total | 128 819 | 131 673 | 133 444 | 135 875 | 121 625 | 119 369 | 118 757 | 124 636 |
| Scotland prescriptions, % | ||||||||
| Chlorpromazine | 13.65 | 13.31 | 13.07 | 13.54 | 26.64 | 31.07 | 30.91 | 30.97 |
| Haloperidol | 5.30 | 5.22 | 5.32 | 5.79 | 9.40 | 9.17 | 8.90 | 8.60 |
| Olanzapine | 6.75 | 7.22 | 7.78 | 8.57 | 10.46 | 12.38 | 13.42 | 14.30 |
| Risperidone | 8.69 | 9.32 | 9.81 | 10.91 | 14.52 | 17.01 | 18.09 | 18.75 |
| Sulpiride | 4.44 | 4.50 | 4.41 | 4.29 | 4.94 | 5.17 | 5.10 | 4.89 |
| Thioridazine | 47.22 | 46.29 | 45.26 | 42.32 | 16.06 | 6.81 | 5.11 | 4.31 |
| Trifluoperazine | 4.66 | 4.56 | 4.58 | 4.42 | 4.95 | 4.99 | 4.88 | 4.65 |
| Others | 9.29 | 9.59 | 9.76 | 10.17 | 13.03 | 13.40 | 13.59 | 13.52 |
Upper panel prescription numbers, lower panel percentage of prescriptions. Others, Eighteen other antipsychotics, see text.