Zuclopenthixol decanoate

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Maintenance in schizophrenia and paranoid psychoses

 BY DEEP INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTION

Adult: Test dose 100 mg, dose to be administered into the upper outer buttock or lateral thigh, followed by 200–500 mg after at least 7 days, then 200–500 mg every 1–4 weeks, adjusted according to response, higher doses of more than 500mg can be used; do not exceed 600mg weekly Elderly: A quarter to half usual starting dose to be used 

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