Study Evaluates Use Of Corticosteroids And Antiviral Agents For Treatment Of Bell Palsy

Wednesday, September 2, 2009 - 22:07 in Health & Medicine

Among patients with Bell Palsy, a facial paralysis with unknown cause, treatment with corticosteroids is associated with a reduced risk of an unsatisfactory recovery, and treatment with a combination of corticosteroids and antiviral agents may be associated with additional benefit, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis of previously published studies.

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