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Conventional treatment includes splinting, rest, anti-inflammatory drugs, or surgery.
It has been reported that people with CTS are frequently deficient in vitamin B6. 1 Direct links between lower levels of vitamin B6 and increased symptoms have been reported in men not taking B6 supplements. However, some trials have not found a link between CTS and vitamin B6 deficiency. 13 Most nutritionally oriented doctors assume that people with CTS who respond to vitamin B6 supplementation do so because of an underlying deficiency, as discussed in the previous paragraph. Thus, although vitamin B6 appears useful for people with CTS when the full 100 mg is given three times per day for several months, details of how it helps remain unclear.