Therapy of psychoses

What antipsychotic agents are available?

Two different types of antipsychotics exist, the so-called "conventional" or "typical" antipsychotics, and the so-called "atypical" antipsychotics. The differentiation primarily lies, before everything else, on the danger of triggering so-called extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS), whereby this danger is clearly reduced through the use of atypical antipsychotics.

Antipsychotics are available in various forms and cannot be obtained for all forms of administration:

As normal tablets or capsules, which must be taken daily
As so-called orodispersible tablets, which dissolve on the tongue and must be taken daily
As drops (which are generally prescribed on hospital wards)
As a short-term depot form, which is only applied on the ward in acute treatment
As so-called depot forms, also as an intramuscular injection, which must be repeated every two to three weeks

In the following, you will find a list of frequently employed antipsychotics and their trade names:

Atypical antipsychotics	Antipsychotics in tablet form (trade name®)	Antipsychotic as a depot injection trade name®)
Amisulprid	Solian
Aripiprazol	Abilify
Clozapin	Leponex
Olanzapin	Zyprexa
Paliperidon	Invega
Quetiapin	Seroquel
Risperidon	Risperdal	Risperdal Consta
Ziprasidon	Zeldox

Typical antipsychotics	Antipsychotics in tablet form (trade name®)	Antipsychotics as a depot injection (trade name®)
Fluphenazin	Dapotum	Dapotum D
Flupentixol	Fluanxol	Fluanxol Depot
Haloperidol	Haldol	Haldol Decanoat
Perazin	Taxilan
Perphenazin	Decentan	Decentan-Depot
Pimozid	Orap
Zotepin	Nipolept
Zuclopenthixol	Ciatyl	Ciatyl Acuphase