Table 3 Numbers (%) and dose of the five most often prescribed drugs divided by age and sex
n (%) | Mean dose (SD) | n (%) | Mean dose (SD) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antipsychotics | |||||
Young males | Young females | ||||
Aripiprazole | 65 (25.7) | 5.4 (5.6) | Aripiprazole | 112 (26.4) | 7.5 (7.0) |
Olanzapine | 42 (16.6) | 5.3 (4.4) | Quetiapine | 52 (12.2) | 129.6 (163.0) |
Quetiapine | 29 (11.5) | 80.5 (74.7) | Olanzapine | 50 (11.7) | 5.1 (4.6) |
Sulpiride | 15 (5.9) | 100.0 (53.4) | Risperidone | 20 (4.7) | 1.4 (1.0) |
Levomepromazine | 9 (3.5) | 12.3 (15.1) | Levomepromazine | 19 (4.4) | 32.3 (37.4) |
Middle-aged males | Middle-aged females | ||||
Aripiprazole | 192 (20.2) | 7.2 (6.9) | Aripiprazole | 197 (20.6) | 8.1 (7.7) |
Olanzapine | 126 (13.3) | 6.2 (5.1) | Olanzapine | 137 (14.3) | 6.7 (5.4) |
Quetiapine | 104 (10.9) | 149.0 (157.5) | Quetiapine | 126 (13.2) | 137.3 (174.3) |
Sulpiride | 73 (7.7) | 122.9 (69.8) | Levomepromazine | 57 (5.9) | 30.5 (55.6) |
Levomepromazine | 50 (5.2) | 26.1 (29.8) | Risperidone | 41 (4.3) | 1.8 (1.3) |
Older males | Older females | ||||
Olanzapine | 26 (12.4) | 5.8 (3.5) | Quetiapine | 37 (11.4) | 88.3 (113.1) |
Quetiapine | 20 (9.5) | 110.0 (158.7) | Olanzapine | 35 (10.8) | 7.1 (5.7) |
Levomepromazine | 13 (6.2) | 26.1 (25.0) | Aripiprazole | 24 (7.4) | 6.8 (5.9) |
Sulpiride | 11 (5.2) | 103.8 (65.1) | Levomepromazine | 15 (4.6) | 13.2 (8.8) |
Aripiprazole | 8 (3.8) | 13.8 (10.8) | Sulpiride | 12 (3.7) | 97.9 (45.7) |
Antidepressants | |||||
Young males | Young females | ||||
Escitalopram | 24 (9.5) | 13.3 (7.6) | Escitalopram | 37 (8.7) | 12.4 (5.3) |
Duloxetine | 23 (9.1) | 36.0 (16.1) | Duloxetine | 37 (8.7) | 37.8 (17.8) |
Mirtazapine | 14 (5.5) | 23.0 (11.9) | Sertraline | 29 (6.8) | 57.3 (30.5) |
Paroxetine | 11 (4.3) | 21.1 (11.3) | Trazodone | 27 (6.3) | 46.2 (38.5) |
Sertraline | 6 (2.3) | 62.5 (30.6) | Paroxetine | 22 (5.1) | 24.3 (15.4) |
Middle-aged males | Middle-aged females | ||||
Duloxetine | 82 (8.6) | 38.7 (16.4) | Duloxetine | 76 (7.9) | 42.6 (16.1) |
Mirtazapine | 80 (8.4) | 22.5 (12.9) | Escitalopram | 63 (6.6) | 12.9 (5.6) |
Trazodone | 57 (6.0) | 49.0 (33.2) | Mirtazapine | 63 (6.6) | 26.7 (12.2) |
Paroxetine | 51 (5.3) | 22.1 (13.2) | Trazodone | 58 (6.0) | 46.9 (26.1) |
Escitalopram | 46 (4.8) | 12.6 (5.2) | Paroxetine | 46 (4.8) | 22.9 (13.7) |
Older males | Older females | ||||
Mirtazapine | 16 (7.6) | 23.9 (9.1) | Duloxetine | 23 (7.1) | 41.7 (14.9) |
Trazodone | 9 (4.3) | 55.5 (24.2) | Mirtazapine | 22 (6.8) | 19.4 (14.5) |
Duloxetine | 8 (3.8) | 43.7 (15.0) | Fluvoxamine | 16 (4.9) | 68.7 (40.5) |
Amoxapine | 7 (3.3) | 51.4 (30.3) | Trazodone | 14 (4.3) | 35.7 (12.8) |
Fluvoxamine | 7 (3.3) | 75.0 (38.1) | Paroxetine | 13 (4.0) | 12.3 (12.1) |
BZRAs | |||||
Young males | Young females | ||||
Flunitrazepam | 32 (12.6) | 1.8 (0.8) | Flunitrazepam | 58 (13.6) | 2.1 (1.1) |
Zolpidem | 27 (10.7) | 8.7 (2.2) | Brotizolam | 50 (11.7) | 0.3 (0.6) |
Brotizolam | 26 (10.3) | 0.2 (0.1) | Etizolam | 40 (9.4) | 1.4 (1.6) |
Triazolam | 24 (9.5) | 0.3 (0.1) | Alprazolam | 38 (8.9) | 0.9 (0.4) |
Etizolam | 19 (7.5) | 1.2 (0.8) | Zolpidem | 37 (8.7) | 9.1 (2.0) |
Middle-aged males | Middle-aged females | ||||
Flunitrazepam | 206 (21.7) | 1.9 (1.7) | Flunitrazepam | 212 (22.2) | 1.9 (0.9) |
Brotizolam | 131 (13.8) | 0.2 (0.1) | Brotizolam | 150 (15.7) | 0.4 (2.0) |
Triazolam | 90 (9.5) | 0.4 (1.0) | Zolpidem | 90 (9.4) | 9.5 (9.9) |
Etizolam | 86 (9.0) | 1.4 (0.9) | Triazolam | 88 (9.2) | 0.3 (0.1) |
Zolpidem | 75 (7.9) | 9.0 (2.0) | Etizolam | 86 (9.0) | 1.4 (1.7) |
Older males | Older females | ||||
Flunitrazepam | 45 (21.5) | 1.5 (0.6) | Flunitrazepam | 68 (21.1) | 1.8 (0.7) |
Brotizolam | 28 (13.3) | 0.6 (1.8) | Brotizolam | 51 (15.8) | 0.2 (0.1) |
Triazolam | 18 (8.6) | 0.2 (0.1) | Etizolam | 29 (9.0) | 0.9 (0.6) |
Etizolam | 17 (8.1) | 1.2 (0.7) | Zolpidem | 23 (7.1) | 7.2 (2.7) |
Zolpidem | 15 (7.1) | 9.0 (3.8) | Alprazolam | 18 (5.5) | 0.8 (0.5) |