Clinical Study

Gait and Equilibrium in Subcortical Vascular Dementia

Table 3

A synopsis of the SNC drugs employed by the patients.

Drug utilizationbaseline12 months24 months36 months

Benzodiazepines44 patients89 patients98 patients104 patients
lorazepam, mean (±SD) dose1.27± 0.3 mg/day2.56 ± 0.65 mg/day3.94 ± 1.5 mg/day4.56 ± 1.65 mg/day
delorazepam, mean (±SD) dose1.21 ± 0.8 mg/day2.61 ± 1.29 mg/day3.1 ± 1.54 mg/day4.1 ± 1.89 mg/day
bromazepam, mean (±SD) dose2.11 ± 1.1 mg/day3.41 ± 0.8 mg/day4.6 ± 1.4 mg/day5.41 ± 1.8 mg/day

Typical neuropletics28 patients56 patients98 patients167 patients
Haloperidol, mean (±SD) dose1.56 ± 0.54 mg/day 2.34 ± 0.67 mg/day2.87 ± 1.54 mg/day3.56 ± 0.54 mg/day
promazine chloridate, mean (±SD) dose53.12 ± 12.23 mg/day59.12 ± 16. 91 mg/day63.12 ± 7.2 mg/day67.12 ± 1.56 mg/day

Atypical neurolpetics4 patients23 patients63 patients53 patients
olanzapine, mean (±SD) dose4.0 ± 1.10 mg/day5.1 ± 2.34 mg/day5.6 ± 1.6 mg/day5.9 ± 2.94 mg/day
quetiapine, mean (±SD) dose37.5 ± 5.21 mg/day56.9 ± 3.5 mg/day66.8 ± 3.5 mg/day89.9 ± 3.5 mg/day