Schizophrenia and other psychoses (especially paranoid) mania and hypomania.
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:
Intramuscular
25 - 200 mg
From 6.25 To 50 mg 4 time(s) per day every day
For acute relief of symptoms 25-50 mg every 6-8 hours.
Deep intramuscular injection.
Oral
75 - 300 mg
From 25 To 100 mg 3 time(s) per day every day
Initially 25 mg t.d.s. or 75 mg at bedtime increasing by daily amounts of 25 mg to an effective maintenance dose. This is usually in the range 75 to 300 mg daily but some patients may require up to 1 g daily.
Deep intramuscular injection.