CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

VITAMIN B6/PYRIDOXINE

1: A daily dose of pyridoxine  (150 mg/day) for 6 months improved carpal tunnel syndrome in 50% of the patients studied.

Klin Wochenschr. 1989 Jan 4;67(1):38-41. 
Carpal tunnel syndrome and vitamin B6 .
Laso Guzman FJ, Gonzalez-Buitrago JM, de Arriba F, Mateos F, Moyano JC, Lopez-Alburquerque T.
PMID: 2921840

2. Supplementation with pyridoxine (100 – 200 mg/day for 12 weeks) “proved curative” in most patients with carpal tunnel syndrome.

South Med J. 1987 Jul;80(7):882-4. 
Treatment of Carpal tunnel syndrome with vitamin B6 .
Ellis JM.
PMID: 3603108

3. A daily dose of pyridoxine (100 mg/day) improved carpal tunnel syndrome in 68% of the patients studied.

Plast Reconstr Surg. 1987 Mar;79(3):456-62. 
Carpal tunnel syndrome and vitamin B6 .
Kasdan ML, Janes C.

PMID: 3823219

4: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) was “completely corrected” with pyridoxine (100 mg/day). CTS returned when subjects were switched to placebo and was relieved again when treated again with pyridoxine.

Am J Clin Nutr. 1979 Oct;32(10):2040-6. 
Clinical results of a cross-over treatment with pyridoxine   and placebo of the Carpal tunnel syndrome.
Ellis J, Folkers K, Watanabe T, Kaji M, Saji S, Caldwell JW, Temple CA, Wood FS.
PMID: 484522