Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia · ICD-10: F20.9
Symptoms
- • Hearing or seeing things that are not there (hallucinations)
- • Strongly held beliefs that are not real (delusions)
- • Talking in a way that does not make sense
- • Isolation
- • Reduced emotional expression
- • Trouble concentrating and making decisions
- • Trouble sleeping
- • Irritable or tense feelings
Drugs and regimens
Schizophrenia — 13–17 y: target 10 mg
Schizophrenia — adults: 10 or 15 mg daily
Schizophrenia, adults — 5 mg sublingually twice daily (max 10 mg twice daily)
Adult schizophrenia — 1 mg days 1–4, 2 mg days 5–7, then up to 4 mg
Adult schizophrenia — start 1.5 mg, range 1.5–6 mg once daily
Psychosis — individualised (200 mg/day not unusual)
Treatment-resistant schizophrenia — start 12.5 mg once or twice daily
Schizophrenia, adults — target 6–12 mg twice daily after titrating from 1 mg twice daily
Schizophrenia, adults — start 10 mg twice daily
Schizophrenia, adults — 42 mg once daily (no titration)
Schizophrenia — adult 40 mg once daily (40–160 mg)
Schizophrenia, adolescents 13–17 y — 40 mg once daily (max 80 mg)
Schizophrenia — 13–17 y: start 2.5 or 5 mg, target 10
Schizophrenia — adults: 5–10 mg, target 10
Schizophrenia — adult 6 mg once daily (3–12 mg)
Schizophrenia, adolescents 12–17 y — 3 mg once daily (max 6 mg <51 kg, 12 mg ≥51 kg)
Outpatient schizophrenia — 4–8 mg three times daily
Schizophrenia — 13–17 y: day 1 25 mg twice daily
Schizophrenia — adults: day 1 25 mg twice daily
Schizophrenia — adolescents 13 to 17 years
Schizophrenia — adults
Schizophrenia — start 2–5 mg twice daily
Schizophrenia — 6–12 y (supervised): 1 mg once or twice daily
Schizophrenia — 20 mg twice daily with food