| Drug type | Drug | Starting dosage | Cost* | Manic | Mixed | Maintenance | Depression |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salts | Lithium | 300 mg twice daily, titrated to a therapeutic level | $5 | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Atypical antipsychotics | Aripiprazole (Abilify) | 1 mg daily | $20 ($1,200) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Asenapine (Saphris) | 2.5 mg sublingually twice daily | NA ($600) | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Cariprazine (Vraylar) | 1.5 mg daily | NA ($1,220) | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Lurasidone (Latuda) | 20 mg daily | NA ($1,300) | No | No | No | Yes | |
| Olanzapine (Zyprexa) | 10 mg daily | $10 ($650) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Olanzapine/fluoxetine (Symbyax) | 6 mg/25 mg daily | $75 ($405) | No | No | No | Yes | |
| Quetiapine (Seroquel) and quetiapine ER (Seroquel XR) | 300 mg daily | $20 ($575) $20 ($450) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Risperidone (Risperdal) | 2 to 3 mg daily | $10 ($1,800) | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Ziprasidone (Geodon) | 40 mg twice daily | $20 ($1,200) | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Anticonvulsants | Carbamazepine (Tegretol) | 100 mg twice daily | $65 ($330) | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Valproic acid (Depakote) or valproate (Depacon) | 15 to 20 mg per kg divided in two doses | $30 ($1,100) | Yes | No | No | No | |
| Lamotrigine (Lamictal) | 200 mg daily | $10 ($550) | No | No | Yes | No |