Table 10.

Summary of medical management pregnancy-associated Bell’s palsy.

Therapy	When to implement?	Regimen
Oral corticosteroids	Within 72-hs of symptom onset	Prednisone 50 mg daily for 10-days
		Prednisone 60 mg daily for 5-days, then tapered over 5-days
Oral antivirals	Within 72-hs of symptom onset	Valacyclovir 100 mg 8/8 h for 7-days
Protective eye care	Throughout symptomatic course	Daytime: preservative-free eye drops, to the affected eye, hourly
		At night: ointment formulation of artificial tears to the affected eye + eyelid taping with moisture chamber
		Surgically placed external eyelid weights should be considered for complete flaccid paralysis without improvement after 8–10 weeks