# OnCo record vitamin-b6-pyridoxine (technology). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/technologies/vitamin-b6-pyridoxine/>
  a schema:MedicalTherapy ;
  onco:kind "technology" ;
  schema:identifier "vitamin-b6-pyridoxine" ;
  schema:name "Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) for hand-foot syndrome and other uses"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "Pyridoxine"@en, "Vitamin B6 supplements"@en ;
  schema:description "Vitamin B6 is often suggested to prevent the sore, peeling hands and feet caused by capecitabine and similar drugs, but several randomised trials found it did not help. Long-term high doses can themselves damage nerves, sometimes permanently."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/technologies/vitamin-b6-pyridoxine/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-11-04"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/vitamin-b6> ;
  onco:status "negative" ;
  onco:tag "complementary", "supportive-care", "evidence:no-benefit" ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/technologies/vitamin-b12-supplements/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/folic-acid-supplements/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/supportive-care/>, <https://onco.cc/fronts/chemotherapy/>, <https://onco.cc/fronts/nutrition-lifestyle/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/integrative-oncology/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/dietary-supplements-treatment-interactions/> ;
  onco:drugs <https://onco.cc/drugs/capecitabine/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/fluorouracil/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/altretamine/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/hand-foot-syndrome/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/peripheral-neuropathy/> ;
  onco:bottlenecks <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-toxicity-qol/> .