Dose-equivalence by class

Antipsychotic equivalent doses

Antipsychotic equivalent doses express each drug — for example olanzapine and risperidone — as an olanzapine-equivalent using the published Classical Mean Dose method; there is no gold-standard conversion, so this is an educational population estimate, not a prescription.

Reference table

Each drug expressed as the dose equivalent to olanzapine 10 mg/day, by the published Classical Mean Dose method. No gold standard; population estimate, not a prescription.

DrugEquivalent dose
Olanzapine10 mg
Risperidone3.8 mg
Haloperidol7.4 mg
Chlorpromazine388.8 mg
Quetiapine322.7 mg
Aripiprazole14.1 mg
Ziprasidone79.2 mg
Amisulpride383.3 mg
Clozapine306.2 mg
Sertindole10.8 mg
Asenapine8.9 mg
Zotepine132.4 mg

Common switches

Olanzapine to Risperidone

Olanzapine 10 mg maps to about 3.8 mg of Risperidone (modeled estimate, educational — not a prescription).

Risperidone to Haloperidol

Risperidone 2 mg maps to about 3.9 mg of Haloperidol (modeled estimate, educational — not a prescription).

Open the interactive equivalent-dose tool

See the formula and its verbatim source quote in Methods

Educational PK model: not clinical guidance. Confirm any dose change with a prescriber or pharmacist.