Table 3

Drug treatment registered at baseline (before change) by class

Monotherapy (n = 186)
Co-therapy with 2 drugs (n = 150)
Polytherapy (> 2 drugs) (n = 135)

Drug
N (%)
Drugs
N (%)
Drugs
N (%)

Haloperidol
45 (24.2)
Other typical/atypical
15 (10.0)
Haloperidol/other typicals/other AC
11 (8.2)
Valproate
31 (16.7)
Haloperidol/Lithium
12 (8.0)
Haloperidol/other typicals/Valproate
11 (8.2)
Lithium
27 (14.5)
Olanzapine/Valproate
10 (6.7)
Haloperidol/other typicals/Lithium
8 (5.9)
Olanzapine
19 (10.2)
Risperidone/non-valproate AC
10 (6.7)
Other typicals/other AC/Lithium
8 (5.9)
Other typical
18 (9.7)
Other typical/Valproate
10 (6.7)
Haloperidol/other typicals
3 (2.2)
Risperidone
16 (8.6)
Risperidone/Lithium
9 (6.0)
Other typicals/Valproate/Lithium
2 (1.5)
Other AC
14 (7.6)
2 typicals
9 (6.0)
Other combinations
92 (68.1)
Quetiapine
10 (5.4)
Other typical/Lithium
8 (5.3)


Other atypical
6 (3.2)
Haloperidol/Valproate
8 (5.3)




Lithium/non-valproate AC
8 (5.3)




Olanzapine/Lithium
7 (4.7)




Haloperidol/non-valproate AC
7 (4.7)




Other combinations
37 (24.7)



AC = Anticonvulsivants;

Bellantuono et al. BMC Psychiatry 2007 7:33   doi:10.1186/1471-244X-7-33