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From: emmyl@azure.UUCP (Emmy Lou Roe)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
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Date: Thu, 9-May-85 11:51:23 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  9 11:51:23 1985
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I recently found my long-lost copy of the paper which appeared in
"Research Communications in Chemical Pathology and Pharmacology",
Vol.13, No.4, April, 1976, concerning the treatment of Carpal
Tunnel Syndrome with vitamin B6.

The suggested dosage is 300 mg. daily for 4-6 weeks.

I was diagnosed as having Carpal Tunnel some years ago and went
to the University of Oregon Medical School library to see what I
could find out about it.  I was a candidate for surgery, but decided
to try the B6 therapy instead.  It worked for me, but I took B6
for a longer time.  I don't think I am completely free of all the
symtoms, but free enough so the only thing I notice is slight
numbness of one or the other hand at night, depending on position.
When it seems to be getting a little worse, I start the B6 again for
a week or so.

I also read Adele Davis and should pass this along, for what it's worth.
Davis says you should not take one of the B vitamins by itself without
taking B complex at the same time.  (I didn't worry about the extra
B6 in the B complex.)

I think you could get a copy of this article (paper) by going to
the medical school library and requesting that particular periodical.

In case it's too old now, here's are the names and addresses of the
co-authors:

                   John M. Ellis
                   103 W. 20th St.
                   Mt Pleasant, Texas 75455

                   Takeo Kishi, Junichi Azuma, Karl Folkers
                   Institute for Biomedical Research
                   The University of Texas at Austin
                   Austin, Texas 78712

The actual name of the article is:

                   Vitamin B6 Deficiency in Patients with a
                   Clinical Syndrome Including the Carpal
                   Tunnel Defect.
             
                   Biochemical and Clinical Response to Therapy
                   with Pyridoxine.