Posted by xbunny on August 15, 2006, at 15:55:47
In reply to Re: 560mg equivalent of chlorpromazine » xbunny, posted by ed_uk on August 15, 2006, at 14:18:14
> Hi Buns
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> The maximum dose of pericyazine is 300mg per day. 75mg of pericyzine is not equivalent to 500mg chlorpromazine.
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> In the treatment of schizophrenia, the recommended dose of pericyazine (according to the manufacturer) is as follows....
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> Initially 75 mg per day in divided doses. Dosage should be increased by 25 mg per day at weekly intervals until the optimum effect is achieved. Maintenance therapy would not normally be expected to exceed 300 mg per day.
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> Flupenthixol is a potent neuroleptic. It is thought to be similar in potency to haloperidol. 6mg of flupenthixol is believed to be 'equivalent' to about 200mg chlorpromazine in terms of antipsychotic efficacy.I got my equivalence from this canadian chart
http://meds.queensu.ca/~clpsych/orientation/Antipsychotics%20Comparison%20Chart.pdf
which is taken from the rxlist.com website.
It says 15mg of pericyazine and 10mg of flupenthixol are both equivalent to 100mg of chlorpromazine. The 60mg max dose of pericyazine comes from the neuleptil wsebsite. It makes more sense to me, how on earth is someone supposed to take 75mg of pericyazine let alone 300mg, the tablets come in 2.5mg and 10mg doses. I dont know what I did to my psychiatrist he has been cool the last two visits, this time I went without my wife and I think my behaviour was a bit too weird or something. I have been generally quite bizarre for the last 3 weeks I guess it was too much for him.Thanks for your reply, Buns
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