Switching Antipsychotics (part of www.psychiatrienet.nl)
To see the consequences of a switch between antipsychotics click in the crosstable below:
the switch is made "from" (vertical) "to" (horizontal).
During switching: don't reduce anticholinergics; consider adding oxazepam. Read: General considerations concerning switching antipsychotics.
Rest AP = Chlorprothixene, Flupentixol, Fluphenazine Loxapine, Pericyazine, Perphenazine,Promazine, Trifluoperazine, Ziprasidone, Zuclopentixol.
Partial agonist new = Aripiprazole, Brexpiprazole, Cariprazine.
ER = extended release (long + super + ultra long acting), LA = long acting, MA = medium acting, UC = under construction