§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prescriptions were written for anti-psychotic drugs in each year since 1985; and how many were written for(a) prochlorperazine, (b) thioridazine, (c) chlorpromazine hydrochloride and (d) trifluoperazine.
§ Mr. MellorWe have no information centrally about the number of prescriptions written by doctors. Official statistics are based on the prescriptions dispensed by community pharmacists. The information about the drugs requested is therefore as follows: 697W
(,000) England 1985 1986 1987 All anti-psychotic drugs 4,430 4,436 4,409 Prochlorperazine 2,288 2,214 2,147 Thioridazine 597 623 657 Chlorpromazine HC1 542 532 513 Trifluoperazine 486 471 479