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. 2009 Feb 18;8:7. doi: 10.1186/1744-859X-8-7

Table 2.

Antipsychotic medication use among patients with bipolar disorder

Use of drug Days prescribed

Medication n % Mean SD
Atypicals:
Aripiprazole 1,354 17.43 125.71 120.88
Clozapine 6 0.08 140.67 176.62
Olanzapine 2,502 32.20 120.76 121.26
Fluoxetine/Olanzapine 316 4.07 114.78 139.2
Quetiapine 3,376 43.45 156.85 141.55
Risperidone 2,084 26.82 124.04 124.49
Ziprasidone 532 6.85 117.93 115.47
Any atypical 7,378 94.97 175.08 158.77
Typicals:
Chlorpromazine 37 0.48 99.68 134.54
Droperidol 1 0.01 1
Fluphenazine 12 0.15 87.25 84.06
Haloperidol 114 1.47 82.68 101.78
Loxapine 13 0.17 188.46 192.04
Mesoridazine 0 0
Molindone 1 0.01 60
Perphenazine 63 0.81 127.24 128.42
Pimozide 1 0.01 30
Piperacetazine 0 0
Prochlorperazine 518 6.67 14.96 30.975
Promazine 0 0
Thioridazine 16 0.21 79 73.50
Thiothixene 28 0.36 162.07 164.60
Trifluoperazine 10 0.13 268.5 226.81
Triflupromazine 0 0
Any typical 779 10.03 5.27 35.01