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A 2007 clinical review says the effectiveness of vitamin B6 for carpal tunnel syndrome is controversial, although many people use it as a conservative and adjunct therapy.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Although its effectiveness is controversial, vitamin B6 is often used as a conservative and adjunct therapy in treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome”
Carpal tunnel syndrome and vitamin B6, Milly Ryan-Harshman and Walid Aldoori, Canadian Family Physician, 2007, Abstract, Answer.
Open the original- What it measures
- A clinical question-and-answer review in Canadian Family Physician about a patient with carpal tunnel syndrome who had started taking a vitamin B6 supplement on her own.
- What it does not show
- A narrative review, not a trial. It summarizes the trials rather than adding new data, and it does not rank vitamin B6 against splints or surgery.