Attitude towards Antipsychotic Medications in Patients Diagnosed with Schizophrenia: A Cross-Sectional Study at Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 3

Drug therapy related characteristics among patients with schizophrenia on follow-up at AMSH, 2018 (n= 393).

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percent (%)
Class of antipsychotics	FGAs	224	57
	SGAs	123	31.3
	FGAs+ SGAs	46	11.7
No of antipsychotic drug	Single	311	79.1
	Two or more	82	20.9
Route of use	Per mouth	274	69.7
	Parenteral	42	10.68
	Combined route	77	19.59
Frequency	Once	274	69.7
	Twice a day	119	30.3
CPZeq dose	<300mg	232	59.0
	300-600mg	61	15.5
	601-1000mg	45	11.5
	>1000mg	55	14.0
Any adjuvant drug	No	315	80.2
	Yes	78	19.8

Note; Amitriptyline, Na+ valproate, fluoxetine, bezhexol, benzodiazepines Combined route= per mouth and parenteral, FGAs= First Generation Antipsychotics; SGAs= Second-Generation Antipsychotics.