When in my treatment regimen can Tarceva be used?
A. Tarceva is approved as “monotherapy” (it is used without chemotherapy) for second- and third-line use for the treatment of NSCLC patients. This means that your doctor can prescribe Tarceva after one chemotherapy regimen You can look around this web site and get a lot of info. http://www.tarceva.com/tarceva/patient/considering/faq.jsp#q6 Tarceva has worked very well as a monotherapy with a lot of people. The cost of Tarceva 100mg is about $2500 for 30 tablets. 150mg may cost more. My insurance covered all except the co-pay $60. If you get three months at once you have an additional saving. On the Tarceva web site there is a place to go for financial help I hope this info helps. Let me know if I you have any questions that I may be able to answer. We will pray your dad has the same results as I did.
