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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 12.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Psychiatr. 2008 Jun 1;7(6):50–65.

TABLE 5.

Suggested starting and target doses for atypical antipsychotics in dementia.

DRUG STARTING DOSE TARGET DOSE
Aripirazole 2.5-5 mg/day 7.5-12.5 mg/day
Olanzapine 2.5-5 mg/day 5-10 mg/day
Quetiapine 12.5-25 mg/day 50-200 mg/day
Risperidone 0.25-0.5 mg/day 0.5-1.5 mg/day