<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> On Jun 06, 1996 15:38:54, 'Jean Jasinski <[log in to unmask]>' wrote: >One of the treatments for carpal tunnel syndrome is take Vitamin B6. >Presumably the increase in the incidence has something to do with the >depletion of B6 from our diets. The effect of B6 is to raise the threshhold for detection of pain. I have Medline references on that somewhere. I don't know whether it also lowers touch sensitivity. So it doesn't halt the damage itself. Short of surgery, exercise routines sound like something to also be doing. Kemp Randolph Long Island