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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 25.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2015 Mar 11;30(12):1238–1249. doi: 10.1002/gps.4281

Table 5.

Number (%) of patients by the last prescribed dosage levels and treatment status in patients whose dosage is available, that is, not PRN

Treatment status

Changed Stayed Discontinued Died Total
Olanzapine (mg/day)
 <2.5 1 (5.3) 9 (47.4) 9 (47.4) 0 (0) 19 (1.5)
 2.5–5 32 (7.0) 173 (37.7) 240 (52.3) 14 (3.1) 459 (36.2)
 ≥5 58 (7.3) 292 (37.0) 411 (52.0) 29 (3.7) 790 (62.3)
Quetiapine (mg/day)
 <50 160 (5.5) 1044 (36.1) 1603 (55.4) 86 (3.0) 2893 (47.0)
 50–100 107 (5.4) 775 (39.1) 1038 (52.3) 63 (3.2) 1983 (32.2)
 ≥100 81 (6.3) 586 (45.7) 578 (45.1) 37 (2.9) 1282 (20.8)
Risperidone (mg/day)
 <0.5 48 (5.2) 338 (36.4) 515 (55.5) 27 (2.9) 928 (19.1)
 0.5–1 127 (6.7) 677 (35.9) 1023 (54.3) 57 (3.0) 1884 (38.8)
 ≥1 128 (6.3) 778 (38.2) 1044 (51.2) 89 (4.4) 2039 (42.0)

For each antipsychotic, the highest dosage level corresponds to adverse event dosage range.

Note: Percentages add to 100% for each row within each dosage level of each antipsychotic, except the last total column, which adds to 100% within each antipsychotics.