Table 1 Psychotropics prescribed only in 2000, in both years, and only in 2016 in three nursing homes with 386 and 416 patients the respective years
2000 | 2000 and 2016 | 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Drug | Patients n (%) | Drug | Patients n (%) | Patients n (%) | Drug | Patients n (%) | |
Patients | 386 (100.0) | 386 (100.0) | 416 (100.0) | 416 (100.0) | |||
Antidepressants | Clomipramine | 1 (0.3) | Amitriptyline | 8 (2.1) | 2 (0.5) | Bupropione | 4 (1.0) |
Doxepine | 2 (0.5) | Citalopram | 51 (13.2) | 25 (6.0) | Escitalopram | 57 (13.7) | |
Nortriptyline | 6 (1.6) | Mianserin | 15 (3.9) | 10 (2.4) | Mirtazapine | 89 (21.4) | |
Paroxetine | 16 (4.1) | Sertralin | 8 (2.1) | 15 (3.6) | Moclobemide | 1 (0.2) | |
Venlafaxine | 11 (2.6) | ||||||
Antipsychotics | Chlorpromazine | 7 (1.8) | Chlorprotixene | 2 (0.5) | 3 (0.7) | Clozapine | 4 (1.0) |
Flupenthixol | 3 (0.8) | Haloperidol | 14 (3.6) | 27 (6.5) | Quetiapine | 72 (17.3) | |
Fluphenazine | 1 (0.3) | Levomepromazine | 18 (4.7) | 4 (1.0) | |||
Melperon | 5 (1.3) | Lithium | 2 (0.5) | 1 (0.2) | |||
Perphenazine | 3 (0.8) | Olanzapin | 7 (1.8) | 13 (3.1) | |||
Sertindole | 1 (0.3) | Risperidon | 33 (8.5) | 8 (1.9) | |||
Prochlorperazine | 2 (0.5) | 1 (0.2) | |||||
Zuclopentixol | 4 (1.0) | 2 (0.5) | |||||
Anxiolytics-hypnotics | Buspirone | 1 (0.3) | Diazepam | 14 (3.6) | 33 (7.9) | Clomethiazole | 20 (4.8) |
Flunitrazepam | 5 (1.3) | Oxazepam | 40 (10.4) | 164 (39.4) | Melatonin | 6 (1.4) | |
Hydroxyzine | 3 (0.8) | 3 (0.7) | Midazolam | 19 (4.6) | |||
Nitrazepam | 11 (2.8) | 2 (0.5) | |||||
Zolpidem | 2 (0.5) | 5 (1.2) | |||||
Zopiclone | 34 (8.8) | 113 (27.2) | |||||
Antiepileptics | Phenobarbital | 3 (0.8) | Gabapentin | 1 (0.3) | 8 (1.9) | Lamotrigine | 4 (1.0) |
Phenytoin | 4 (1.0) | Carbamazepine | 23 (5.6) | 6 (1.4) | Levetiracetam | 17 (4.1) | |
Clonazepam | 2 (0.5) | 1 (0.2) | Pregabalin | 5 (1.2) | |||
Valproic acid | 2 (0.5) | 9 (2.2) | |||||