Table 4

Drug treatment prescribed at baseline (after change) by class

Monotherapy (n = 137)
Co-therapy with 2 drugs (n = 264)
Polytherapy (> 2 drugs) (n = 151)

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

Olanzapine
69 (50.4)
Olanzapine/Valproate
59 (22.3)
Olanzapine/Valproate/Lithium
11 (7.3)
Valproate
21 (15.3)
Olanzapine/Lithium
39 (14.8)
Olanzapine/other AC/Lithium
10 (6.6)
Risperidone
11 (8.0)
Olanzapine/non-valproate AC
34 (12.9)
Olanzapine/other typicals/Valproate
8 (5.3)
Other AC
10 (7.3)
Risperidone/Valproate
19 (7.2)
Olanzapine/other typicals/other AC
7 (4.6)
Lithium
9 (6.6)
Other typical/atypical
16 (6.1)
Olanzapine/other typicals/lithium
2 (1.3)
Quetiapine
6 (4.4)
Risperidone/Lithium
14 (5.3)
Other combinations
113 (74.8)
Haloperidol
6 (4.4)
Other atypical/Valproate
11 (4.2)


Other typical
4 (2.9)
Haloperidol/Lithium
9 (3.4)


Other atypical
1 (0.7)
Other atypical/non-valproate AC
7 (2.7)




Other typical/Lithium
7 (2.7)




2 typicals
7 (2.7)




Other typical/non-valproate AC
6 (2.3)




Risperidone/non-valproate AC
6 (2.3)




Other combinations
30 (11.4)



AC = Anticonvulsivants;

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