Christinex Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Howdy. After 6 rounds of chemo to treat my stage 4 nsclc my oncologist put me on 150 mg. of Tarceva to be taken once a day. Today is my third or fourth day on it but I haven't noticed any side effects yet - no diarrhea and no rash. Should I have noticed something by now or does it take a while for the drug to build up in my system? Christine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recce101 Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Hi, Christine: I didn't feel anything at all until about the 5th day. Even that is probably earlier than average, which I've read is about the 8th day. Mine peaked at around 3 weeks and has slowly decreased from there. Aloha, Ned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 could be anytime now...mine showed up after 9 days. uaually somewhere between 7-14 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christinex Posted February 4, 2008 Author Share Posted February 4, 2008 Thanks, guys, for responding. I'm now going to stop my premature freaking out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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