Vitamin 86 and carpal tunnel syndrome
Vitamin B6 was first recommended for carpal tunnel syndrome almost 30 years ago [Zl].
Several popular books still recommend taking 100 to 200 milligrams (mg) of vitamin B6 dairy to treat carpal tunnel syndrome, even though scientific studies do not indicate it is effective.
Anyone taking large doses of vitamin 86 supplements for carpal tunnel syndrome needs to be
aware that the Institute of Medicine recently established an upper tolerable limit of 100 mg
per day for adults [12]. There are documented cases in the literature of neuropathy caused by
excessive vitamin B6 taken for treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome [22],