CancerCompass message board discussion started by babeelover on 2/10/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,20802,0.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Anyone only taking tarceva for metastic pancreatic cancer? babeelover Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT My mother has been on Tarceva 100 mg. since last week. She has rash all over her face and her kneck. On 2/10/2008 babeelover wrote:Anyone only taking tarceva for metastic pancreatic cancer?  Resolute Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT My mother has been on Tarceva since October - 100mg every other day.The first three weeks she was on 100 mg a day and it gave her severe abdominal cramps, diarrea and THE RASH. Once she was prescribed 100 every other day some of the symptoms subsided, the rash did not. She is a nurse and knew that a steroid could help the rash and asked for prednisone. The doc ok'ed it reluctantly. She only takes the steroid when the rash becomes painful. We credit the steroid with helping her appetite and self esteem. Tarceva was one of three drugs mother started and something is doing something b/c she has had shrinkage of the tumor during MRI in December and February.Good luck.  veryprivatenicki Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT