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Table 3 Commonly prescribed psychotropic drugs by GPs

From: Psychiatric services in primary care settings: a survey of general practitioners in Thailand

 

% of total patients prescribed (SD)

Three most frequently prescribed drugs (percentage of each drug group)

Anxiolytics

40.6 (20.5)

diazepam (76.7)

chlorazepate (10.3)

lorazepam (9.4)

Antidepressants

30.2 (19.8)

amitriptyline (94.5)

fluoxetine (4.0)

nortriptyline (1.5)

Antipsychotics

22.7 (17.7)

haloperidol (88.5)

chlorpromazine (9.4)

perphenazine (1.8)