Comparative Pharmacology
Head-to-head clinical analysis: NUPLAZID versus ZIPRASIDONE MESYLATE.
Peer-Reviewed Evidence
Head-to-head clinical analysis: NUPLAZID versus ZIPRASIDONE MESYLATE.
NUPLAZID vs ZIPRASIDONE MESYLATE
Comparing the clinical profiles, pharmacokinetic behaviors, and safety indices of these two therapeutic agents.
Selective serotonin 5-HT2A receptor inverse agonist and antagonist; also has moderate affinity for 5-HT2C and 5-HT1A receptors.
Ziprasidone mesylate is an atypical antipsychotic with high affinity for serotonin 5-HT2A and dopamine D2 receptors. It also antagonizes 5-HT1D, 5-HT2C, and alpha1-adrenergic receptors, and inhibits serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake.
34 mg orally once daily.
20 mg intramuscularly (IM) as needed, not to exceed 40 mg/day; oral: 20 mg twice daily with food, titrated up to 80 mg twice daily. Maximum: 160 mg/day oral.
None Documented
None Documented
Terminal elimination half-life is approximately 50 hours (range 40-70 hours), allowing once-daily dosing.
Terminal elimination half-life is approximately 2.2 hours (range 1.4–3.6 h) for the mesylate salt; clinical context: requires twice-daily dosing.
Fecal (approximately 60%) as unchanged drug and metabolites; renal (approximately 13%) as unchanged drug and metabolites.
Approximately 20% renal, 80% fecal/biliary. Unchanged drug accounts for <1% of renal excretion.
Category C
Category A/B
Atypical Antipsychotic
Atypical Antipsychotic