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Tarceva Receives New Warnings from FDA

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Posted by Joe SaundersMay 11, 2009 1:08 PM
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Cancer drug Tarceva will have to add new warning labels because of serious side effects associated with the drug manufactured by Genentech and OSI Pharmaceutical, Inc. The side effects include skin problems, eye reactions, and punctures in the digestive tract. According to the FDA, some of the skin problems resemble those associated with Stevens Johnson Syndrome. Eye problems include corneal perforations and ulcers.

Tarceva has been approved to treat certain forms of lung and and pancreatic cancer.

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janet
Posted by janet
May 12, 2009 12:57 PM

My mother died of pancreatic cancer Dec. 2007. She was very advanced stage 4.She was prescribed Tarceva and had horrible reactions. She went off of it after 1 week. Besides being very expensive, it did nothing except make her sicker than she already was. I'm not sure if it would help someone with less advanced cancer, but doctors should take a second look at prescribing something that at the most gives someone a few more weeks.

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