betty boop Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 I have been on Tarceva 75 mg for one year and have just started experiencing joint pain. Does anyone have any advice or have you experienced the joint pain and did the doctor take you off of tarceva for this? Thanks for the info! Betty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneM Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 Hi Betty, I also have joint pain, although I'm not sure if it's from Tarceva. My Dr. has suggested it may also be from the Taxotere. I have been on Tarceva 150 mg for 6 months and I got severe joint pain in February. I could hardly move when I would get out of bed in the morning, and my hands would just ache in the middle of the night. It would get better the more I moved around. It has improved somewhat since then and now I'd call it mild joint pain. There was never talk of going off Tarceva. I tried adding Turmeric as a supplement because it's supposed to be good for joints. Who's to say if the improvement was the Turmeric or just time. Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betty boop Posted May 28, 2008 Author Share Posted May 28, 2008 Anne, Thanks for posting. I read some of your info. Hang in there girl!! Life is tough sometimes but we have to be tougher! I too ache when I am in bed. My knees and ankles mostly. Today not so bad, but I dropped a picture of ice tea last week because of the pain in my right wrist. Is this an over the counter drug? I haven't heard of it. Thank you again, betty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneM Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 It's not a drug, just a supplement...it's an ingredient found in curry I think. I get it at a health food store. Allieve helps a little too. Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Hi, I had joint pain while I was on Tarceva, mainly in the hands. An anti inflammatory drug sometimes helped but to be honest I just put up with it. I found it came and went anyway. Sharon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet B Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 I had terrible pain in my hips, knees and ankles the first couple of months on Tarceva. Always at night when sleeping - but the pain woke me up. The Dr. had no idea what it was - but it went away as suddenly as it appeared. Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 I have been on Tarceva for 2 1/2 years and have had pain come and go over the years. My doctor attributed it to MAYBE chemo, maybe age, maybe a bad mattress, maybe maybe maybe Aging. Who knows what the culprit is for me, I just treat the symptoms and somehow they go away or move to another location of my body. If it is the Tarceva, I say bring it on - Tarceva has worked great for me for 2 1/2 years. Wendy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patti B Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Betty- I have never been on Tarceva but lately I am getting pains in myhands at night when I am in bed. Seems like they ache and then get all tingly and I have to shake them out!! Don't know if this is the beginning of neuropathy or just maybe my age but it sure is no fun when it wakes you up at night. Hoping you continued success. Hugs - Patti B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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