Early Treatment with Prednisolone or Acyclovir in Bell's Palsy
New England Journal of Medicine2007Vol. 357(16), pp. 1598–1607
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Frank Sullivan, Iain Swan, Peter T. Donnan, Jillian Morrison, Blair H. Smith, Brian McKinstry, Richard Davenport, Luke Vale, Jan Clarkson, Vicky Hammersley, Sima Hayavi, Anne McAteer, Ken Stewart, Fergus Daly
Abstract
In patients with Bell's palsy, early treatment with prednisolone significantly improves the chances of complete recovery at 3 and 9 months. There is no evidence of a benefit of acyclovir given alone or an additional benefit of acyclovir in combination with prednisolone. (Current Controlled Trials number, ISRCTN71548196 [controlled-trials.com].).
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