Erlotinib hydrochloride (trade name Tarceva) is a medication used to treat non-small cell lung cancer, pancreatic cancer and several other types of cancer. It is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, which acts on the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). It is marketed in the United States b...
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Positive Experiences with Cancer
Medications Change
...My husband is taking Temodar/Tarceva/Kytril and they just put ...nausea/ they want him taking pepsid because he was having stomach issues. He also takes Depokote/Kepra and the nasty Percocet...
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Tarceva
My father has been operated ...for Grade IV tumor.He has recently started Tarceva. He first has ...has started Tarceva.Is there any one who has an experience with Tarceva and how to ov...
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...also eats lots of yogurt. She believes it helps with her Tarceva-related diarrhea. When things get really bad, she does take...
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JH, she was on Tarceva but I got the impression ...did say she struggled with skin problems from the Tarceva in the past. I wonder ...the reaction is from the Tarceva remaining in her system an...
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...this info! You can always check wtih jyoung20 as well. She was on tarceva for 5 years and ...Happy to say she is s...
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...mom also diagbosed with NSCLC stage IV and just taken tarceva for 9 days. She start having rash on face and mouth ulcer on day 7. She also vomit and nose bleeding...
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My mom was on Tarceva for 62 days, it shrunk ...she could not take the rash, or the diarrhea. The ...use a lot of Eucerin lathered on the rash. It is the best we found to keep...
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...that there is no longer an infection, so the continued high temperature and pain near her ear is the cancer progressing. Her liver ...so really hope her onc will start tarceva asap. They have sa...
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