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. 2022 Oct 31;13:1021780. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1021780

TABLE 3.

Estimates of the daily dose dispensed (DDD) for the primary antipsychotic (in mg per day).

Primary antipsychotic N Mean DDD
(SD)
Median DDD Min-Max DDD
Risperidone 2,661 2.82 (2.25) 2.16 0.18−34.29
Cyamemazine 2,581 56.32 (63.54) 38.46 6.74−1,666.67
Olanzapine 1,636 9.68 (5.84) 8.21 0.89−52.5
Tiapride 1,213 170.76 (122.04) 143.75 19.11−2,500
Haloperidol 1,036 4.35 (4.78) 2.35 0.19−38.62
Aripiprazole 896 10.38 (7.25) 8.7 0.85−105
Sulpiride 829 101.35 (82.05) 86.44 12.3−1,033.86
Amisulpride 649 294.07 (285.96) 175.9 38.96−1,794.39
Quetiapine 518 246.13 (209.85) 168.22 18.52−1,028.57
Loxapine 362 70.93 (82.11) 40.54 6.82−40.54
Levomepromazine 348 61.51 (64.12) 37.64 6.7−37.64
Clozapine 179 183.44 (206.08) 60.96 5.37−809.64
Pipamperone 170 64.06 (38.66) 53.74 11.32−252.63
Zuclopenthixol 156 25.6 (29.29) 15.38 4.48−207.3
Chlorpromazine 111 85.55 (84.13) 62.89 7.81−754.89
Periciazine 103 33.26 (24.86) 29.78 2.06−151.05
Fluphenazine 88 20.65 (55.36) 4.44 1−345.05
Flupentixol 56 10.5 (17.58) 4.1 1−103.23
Pipotiazine 54 7.53 (12.02) 3.81 0.93−66.67
Paliperidone 52 3.11 (1.35) 2.84 0.62−7.14
Pimozide 51 3.21 (2.77) 2.2 0.3−13.04
Carpipramine 41 105.39 (57.85) 86.33 34.78−300
Penfluridol 6 5.94 (2.24) 5.29 2.94−8.89
Perphenazine 3 5.19 (1.91) 5 3.38−7.18

Figures were calculated from the dispensings performed between the inclusion date + 1 month and the date of the last dispensing (over a 12-month period).