Table 1.
Antipsychotic medication | Dosage range and frequency of administration |
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First-line treatment options | |
Oral formulations | |
Aripiprazole | 5–15 mg/day |
Loxapine | 10–25 mg/day |
Lurasidone | 40–80mg/day |
Perphenazine | 4–12 mg/day |
Risperidone | 1–4 mg/day |
Long-acting injectable formulations | |
Fluphenazine decanoate | 6.25–12.5 mg every 2 weeks |
Haloperidol decanoate | 25–100 mg every 4 weeks |
Paliperidone palmitate | 39–117 mg every 4 weeks |
Risperidone microspheres | 12.5–50 mg every 2 weeks |
Second-line treatment option | |
Olanzapine | 5–15 mg/day |