Strength of antipsychotics

Found the sheets. The atypical page doesn’t rank them in any particular order. Typical page does rank them sort of. I have notes on the page so I’m not going to put it here, I’ll try to type it out.

Highest Potency, least sedating; most motor side effects:
Prolixin
Haldol
Navane
Orap
Trifuoperazine
Trilafon
Moban
Loxitane/Daxoline
Mellaril
Thorazine/Ormazine
Serentil
Most sedating, anti-cholinergic side effects, Low Potency

All drugs do not improve negative symptoms.

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It also does order TCA’s and Tetracyclic AD’s, however no potency or efficacy listed.

Least sedating
Desipramine
Imipramine
Nortriptyline
Doxepin
Amitriptyline
Protriptyline
Amoxapine
Trimipramine
Clomipramine
Most sedating

Maprotilline - High Sedation
Mirtazapine - Low Sedation, milder side effect profile than tricyclics
Trazodone - Hi Sedation, not very effective as an AD; used in lower doses for insomnia