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

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.