Table 2.
Antipsychotic drug | ID cohort | Non-ID cohort | ||||||
Number | Percentage | Average daily dose, mg | Median treatment duration, years | Number | Percentage | Average daily dose, mg | Median treatment duration, years | |
Risperidone | 4013 | 28.5 | 1.9 | 1.81 | 7426 | 14.7 | 2.2 | 0.47 |
Olanzapine | 2086 | 14.8 | 8.2 | 1.62 | 10 246 | 20.3 | 8.5 | 0.67 |
Chlorpromazine | 1770 | 12.6 | 78.5 | 1.12 | 5274 | 10.5 | 64.8 | 0.20 |
Quetiapine | 1295 | 9.2 | 154.1 | 0.93 | 7693 | 15.2 | 152.6 | 0.72 |
Haloperidol | 1231 | 8.7 | 4.9 | 0.68 | 3755 | 7.5 | 3.2 | 0.14 |
Thioridazine | 838 | 6.0 | 77.9 | 0.82 | 2672 | 5.3 | 49.8 | 0.20 |
Aripiprazole | 661 | 4.7 | 10.5 | 0.74 | 2638 | 5.2 | 11.8 | 0.54 |
Trifluoperazine | 456 | 3.2 | 6.5 | 1.06 | 3403 | 6.8 | 4.5 | 0.19 |
Zuclopenthixol | 429 | 3.1 | 18.7 | 2.17 | 340 | 0.7 | 20.0 | 0.45 |
Amisulpride | 327 | 2.3 | 295.0 | 0.94 | 1687 | 3.4 | 290.3 | 0.73 |
Promazine | 276 | 2.0 | 58.4 | 0.33 | 1688 | 3.4 | 58.6 | 0.16 |
Sulpiride | 276 | 2.0 | 437.8 | 1.97 | 1199 | 2.4 | 435.6 | 0.79 |
Other* | 980 | 7.0 | – | – | 5230 | 10.4 | – | – |
*Other antipsychotic drugs prescribed to <1% of ID cohort each.
ID, intellectual disability.