Table 1. Various Studies Conducted and Their Outcomes.

Authors	Year	Type of Study	Outcome	Comments
Uscategui et al. [31]	2008	Randomized control study	Combined antiviral-corticosteroid therapy was found to be more fruitful than corticosteroids alone.	Shortening of viral shedding duration and relief in the symptoms were better with antivirals combined with corticosteroid therapy.
Kinishi et al. [29]	2001	Cross-sectional study	Better nerve function in patients treated with antiviral-corticosteroids combined rather than corticosteroids alone.	Antiviral-corticosteroid combined therapy when done the recovery rate was 75% in contrast to 53% of corticosteroid therapy.
Murakami et al. [9]	2004	Retrospective study	Patients who received the treatment early (within three days) had a better chance (75%) of complete recovery than those who received the treatment 4-7 days later (48%) and (30%).	The recovery rate and the earliness of receiving the treatment were directly proportional to each other.