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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatr Serv. 2016 Jul 1;67(12):1300–1306. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201500438

Table 1.

The RAISE Connection Program Schedule of Recommended First and Second Line Antipsychotic Medications

Antipsychotic medication Dosage range and frequency of
administration
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