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Table 2 Prescribing preferences in non-secluded and secluded patients

From: Prescribing preferences in rapid tranquillisation: a survey in Belgian psychiatrists and emergency physicians

Drug

Non-secluded patients

Secluded patients

Rank 1

Rank 2

Rank 3

Rank 1

Rank 2

Rank 3

Frequency

%

Frequency

%

Frequency

%

Frequency

%

frequency

%

Frequency

%

Alprazolam

2

1.9

  

5

4.6

1

0.9

1

0.9

4

3.7

Alprazolam (LA)

    

1

0.9

      

Amisulpiride

          

1

0.9

Aripiprazole

3

2.8

1

0.9

3

2.8

4

3.7

  

1

0.9

Bromazepam

  

1

0.9

      

1

0.9

Clonazepam

    

1

0.9

    

2

1.9

Clorazepaat

4

3.7

5

4.6

7

6.5

4

3.7

6

5.6

7

6.5

Clotiapine

21

19.4

8

7.4

14

13

23

21.3

13

12.0

11

10.2

Cloxazolam

        

1

0.9

  

Diazepam

5

4.6

10

9.3

5

4.6

6

5.6

15

13.9

5

4.6

Droperidol

7

6.5

13

12

8

7.4

16

14.8

12

11.1

11

10.2

Escitalopram

  

1

0.9

1

0.9

      

Haloperidol

7

6.5

3

2.8

10

9.3

4

3.7

7

6.5

13

12.0

Lamotrigine

          

1

0.9

Lorazepam

23

21.3

23

21.3

12

11.1

14

13

24

22.2

14

13

Midazolam

2

1.9

2

1.9

2

1.9

2

1.9

3

2.8

2

1.9

Olanzapine

24

22.2

19

17.6

12

11.1

23

21.3

12

11.1

8

7.4

Paliperidone

    

1

0.9

    

1

0.9

Pipamperone

  

3

2.8

1

0.9

  

2

1.9

  

Prazepam

    

1

0.9

    

1

0.9

Promethazin

  

1

0.9

    

1

0.9

3

2.8

Quetiapine

5

4.6

12

11.1

5

4.6

3

2.8

6

5.6

3

2.8

Risperidone

2

1.9

2

1.9

3

2.8

  

1

0.9

2

1.9

Trazodone

  

1

0.9

        

Sodium valproate

1

0.9

  

4

3.7

1

0.9

  

2

1.9

zuclopenthixol

    

3

2.8

    

4

3.7

zuclopenthixol (LA)

2

1.9

3

2.8

9

8.3

7

6.5

4

3.7

11

10.2

Total

108

100

108

100

108

100

108

100

108

100

108

100

  1. LA long acting.