On 3/30/2005 Brendals wrote:
My 93-yr-old grandmother is soon to start Tarceva. I have appreciated this message board so much because it's the only place we've been able to get any real information. She is using the postings to have a meaningful discussion with her doctor next week. She's down to 80 lbs and has real misgivings about starting Tarceva due to the associated diarrhea. But the consensus is that she might as well try it. She can always stop. Several postings have mentioned reducing the dose from 150 mg to 100 mg or 50 mg, so she's wondering how the dose is reduced. Her question is: what form does Tarceva come in? Pills? Liquid? Brenda
Tarceva comes as a pill, in 150 or 100 mg as prescribed by your oncologist, whom you or your grandmother should talk to if she wants a reduced amount. The pill itself doesn't seem amenable to splitting, and I wouldn't try it.