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i have been on tarceva for 5 years, all of a sudden now i am having the tarceva rash  blisters all over eyes and inside my nose. i look like a little monster, i get antibiotics for it, which i have had several times this year. anyone else have side effects from tarceva ?  i may not be able to work today as i an a hair dresser,  people will think i am dressed for ...

  On 10/21/2009 hjk78 wrote: Hello, My mother has just finished her 4th chemo cycle with cisplatin and gemcitabine. She is due for at least 1 or 2 more cycles before the end of the year. She has stage 4 nonsmall cell lung cancer. She was on Tarceva for about a year before the cancer spread to her bones and her brain and she was switched from Tarceva to ...

Hi, my mom has Lung cancer NSC stage wet III B and has been received 1 cycle of chemo which was 6 chemo and 3 weeks each.The first two chemo did not work but has been working since the thrid one work but stopped working at last so her doctor suggested her to start on Tarceva with 100mg and start Tarceva 150 mg one month after. My mom has taken tarceva for almost two...

Help, I will not bore you with all i have been through with my metastastic small cell lung cancer. I have taken Alimta for about a year.  I am having some side affects that my Oncology Doctor says are not caused by the Alimta, but other docotrs say they are finding are side effects and may get worse.  They are limiting  me getting exercise and going out of ...