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Table 3 The five most commonly used antipsychotic drugs for children and adolescents in cohorts from five countries, 2005/6 vs 2012

From: A multi-national comparison of antipsychotic drug use in children and adolescents, 2005–2012

Rank

Denmark

Germany

Netherlands

UK

USA

 

2005

%

2012

%

2005

%

2012

%

2005

%

2012

%

2005

%

2012

%

2006¶

%

2012

%

1

RIS

31.9

QUE

24.1

RIS

30.6

RIS

49.6

RIS

57.8

RIS

51.7

RIS

58.2

RIS

53.8

RIS

57.1

RIS

53.1

2

CHP

24.0

RIS

22.0

PIP

20.4

PIP

16.5

PIP

21.4

QUE

14.4

OLA

14.3

ARI

14.1

ARI

30.2

ARI

31.4

3

OLA

9.8

CHP

21.9

TIA

11.9

QUE

9.5

QUE

6.2

PIP

11.7

HAL

5.4

QUE

14.1

QUE

17.9

QUE

16.9

4

QUE

9.1

ARI

19.0

PMZ

6.7

TIA

6.0

OLA

4.9

ARI

11.0

CPZ

5.3

OLA

11.7

OLA

8.1

ZIP

5.5

5

ARI

4.2

OLA

7.0

OLA

5.8

ARI

4.5

PMZ

3.4

OLA

6.0

QUE

3.9

HAL

1.8

ZIP

4.7

OLA

4.3

  1. For the USA, only data from 2006 to 2012 were available
  2. ARI aripiprazole, CHP chlorprotixene, CPZ chlorpromazine, HAL haloperidol, OLA olanzapine, PIP pipamperone, PMZ promazine, QUE quetiapine, RIS risperidone, TIA tiapride, ZIP ziprasidone