Antibiotics, particularly amoxicillin, are used to treat facial palsy when it is caused by an infection, such as acute otitis media (AOM).
When facial nerve paralysis (FNP) is secondary to AOM, treatment often involves intravenous antibiotics, potentially combined with steroids. According to the provided reference, the primary treatment approach relies on antibiotics, with amoxicillin being the preferred first-line therapy. Steroids were also frequently used in conjunction with antibiotics, as evidenced by their administration in 71.40% of patients across 10 studies.
