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