Table 5.
Treatment Switch Patterns by Reason for Switching and by Antipsychotic:
| Medication Switch To → | Olanzapine | Risperidone | Quetiapine | Ziprasidone | Aripiprazole | Clozapine |
| Medication Switched From ↓ by Reason | ||||||
| Lack of Efficacy | ||||||
| Olanzapine | 0% | 20% | 10% | 20% | 20% | 30% |
| Risperidone | 30% | 0% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 10% |
| Quetiapine | 20% | 20% | 0% | 20% | 20% | 20% |
| Ziprasidone | 30% | 20% | 20% | 0% | 30% | 0% |
| Aripiprazole | 20% | 20% | 20% | 30% | 0% | 0% |
| Clozapine | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Weight Gain | ||||||
| Olanzapine | 0% | 10% | 10% | 35% | 45% | 0% |
| Risperidone | 0% | 0% | 10% | 45% | 45% | 0% |
| Quetiapine | 0% | 30% | 0% | 35% | 35% | 0% |
| Ziprasidone | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Aripiprazole | 0% | 0% | 0% | 5% | 95% | 0% |
| Clozapine | 0% | 20% | 0% | 40% | 40% | 0% |
| Diabetes | ||||||
| Olanzapine | 0% | 10% | 10% | 35% | 45% | 0% |
| Risperidone | 0% | 0% | 10% | 45% | 45% | 0% |
| Quetiapine | 0% | 30% | 0% | 35% | 35% | 0% |
| Ziprasidone | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Aripiprazole | 0% | 0% | 0% | 5% | 95% | 0% |
| Clozapine | 0% | 20% | 0% | 40% | 40% | 0% |
| EPS | ||||||
| Olanzapine | 0% | 0% | 30% | 0% | 30% | 40% |
| Risperidone | 40% | 0% | 30% | 0% | 30% | 0% |
| Quetiapine | 50% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 40% | 10% |
| Ziprasidone | 50% | 0% | 30% | 0% | 20% | 0% |
| Aripiprazole | 50% | 0% | 40% | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| Clozapine | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Hyperlipidemia | ||||||
| Olanzapine | 0% | 10% | 10% | 35% | 45% | 0% |
| Risperidone | 0% | 0% | 10% | 45% | 45% | 0% |
| Quetiapine | 0% | 30% | 0% | 35% | 35% | 0% |
| Ziprasidone | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Aripiprazole | 0% | 0% | 0% | 5% | 95% | 0% |
| Clozapine | 0% | 20% | 0% | 40% | 40% | 0% |
| Patient Preference | ||||||
| Olanzapine | 0% | 50% | 10% | 20% | 20% | 0% |
| Risperidone | 30% | 0% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 0% |
| Quetiapine | 20% | 50% | 0% | 10% | 10% | 0% |
| Ziprasidone | 20% | 50% | 10% | 0% | 10% | 0% |
| Aripiprazole | 20% | 50% | 10% | 10% | 0% | 0% |
| Clozapine | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |