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Perception of equivalent doses of neuroleptic drugs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

R. Mullen ,
A.W. Caan  and
S. Smith
R. Mullen
Affiliation:
The Maudsley Hospital, London SE5 8AZ
A.W. Caan
Affiliation:
The Maudsley Hospital, London SE5 8AZ
S. Smith
Affiliation:
The Maudsley Hospital, London SE5 8AZ
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An anonymous questionnaire was sent to 67 senior and junior psychiatrists enquiring about their perception of equivalent antipsychotic dosages of three commonly used neuroleptic drugs. Thirty-one questionnaires were returned and revealed a wide variation in perceived potencies for the specific drugs. Increased experience in psychiatry was not associated with a decreased variation. On average clinicians saw haloperidol and flupenthixol decanoate as substantially less potent, relative to chlorpromazine, than the available literature would suggest.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 18 , Issue 6 , June 1994 , pp. 335 - 337
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1994

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