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| A randomised controlled trial of the use of aciclovir and/or prednisolone for the early treatment of Bell's palsy: the BELLS study |
| Sullivan FM, Swan IRC, Donnan PT, Morrison JM, Smith BH, McKinstry B, Davenport RJ, Vale LD, Clarkson JE, Hernandez R, Stewart K, Hammersley V, Hayavi S, McAteer A, Gray D, Daly F |
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Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation Sullivan FM, Swan IRC, Donnan PT, Morrison JM, Smith BH, McKinstry B, Davenport RJ, Vale LD, Clarkson JE, Hernandez R, Stewart K, Hammersley V, Hayavi S, McAteer A, Gray D, Daly F. A randomised controlled trial of the use of aciclovir and/or prednisolone for the early treatment of Bell's palsy: the BELLS study. Health Technology Assessment 2009; 13(47): 1-154 Authors' conclusions Study supports the early use of oral prednisolone in Bell's palsy as an effective and cost-effective treatment, and shows no effect for aciclovir, either alone or in combination with steroids INAHTA brief and checklist Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by NLM MeSH Acyclovir /therapeutic use; Administration, Oral; Adult; Bell Palsy /drug therapy; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Drug Therapy, Combination; Females; Male; Middle Aged; Prednisolone /therapeutic use; Regression Analysis Language Published English Country of organisation England Address for correspondence NETSCC, Health Technology Assessment, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton, SO16 7NS UK Tel: +44 23 8059 5586 Email: hta@hta.ac.uk AccessionNumber 32005001002 Date bibliographic record published 20/08/2005 Date abstract record published 20/08/2005 |
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