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Table 2 Health effects of typical and atypical antipsychotic compared to 'do nothing' over the lifetime people with schizophrenia in the 2005 Thai population

From: Cost-effectiveness of pharmacological and psychosocial interventions for schizophrenia

Intervention

DALYs averted

 

Severity of disease

Weight gain

Mortality due to suicide

Total (95% CI)

Typicals

450,000

-5,800

-

440,000 (290,000, 610,000)

Risperidone

540,000

-9,100

-

530,000 (370,000, 710,000)

Olanzapine

580,000

-14,000

-

570,000 (390,000, 770,000)

Clozapine

620,000

-15,000

20,000

630,000 (440,000, 830,000)

FI+Risperidone1

920,000

-9,100

-

910,000 (640,000, 1,100,000)

  1. 1 FI = family intervention; results are for risperidone together with FI.