What medicine should i take for the pain of carpal tunnel syndrome?

See below: Nsaids wrist splint oral or injectable steroids.

Non-op modalities: Common non-operative treatment modalities for carpal tunnel include night splinting, anti-inflammatory medication, and corticosteroid injection into the carpal canal. Ultimately the goal of these modalities is to decrease pressure/swelling (anti inflammatory or steroid) and prevent decreased space (splint) at the level of the carpal canal.

Pain nerve: Nerve pain can come from compression, thus starting with otc meds such as nsaids ( Motrin alleve etc) is worthwhile. Some severe carpal tunnel presents with refractory nerve pain and there is whole class of medications that treat nerve specific pain , but these do not treat the carpal tunnel swelling only the nerve pain symptoms corticosteroid injections can work but in severe cases not fully.