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Does Traceva Led To Severe Body And Scalp Rashes?
My husband has been on traceva a week and developed a sever rash on his upper body and scalp His fever reached 103.2 and only came down after tylenol but spiked the next few days only to be controlled by tylenol. They took him of traceva until we see the Dr. In 10 days .Is this a normal reaction?
Wed, 28 May 2014
Hi. Tarceva (Erlotinib) causes skin rash in about 75% of patients taking it. It can take form of severe bullous, blistering skin exfoliation.
Patient has been rightly taken off Erlotinib at the moment. Since you have an appointment with your oncologist in 10 days I would suggest that you take pictures of the skin rash now so that your treating oncologist is able to grade the severity of skin rash properly and then decide whether Tarceva can be restarted or not.
I hope it helps. Thankyou for choosing Healthcare Magic.
Patient has been rightly taken off Erlotinib at the moment. Since you have an appointment with your oncologist in 10 days I would suggest that you take pictures of the skin rash now so that your treating oncologist is able to grade the severity of skin rash properly and then decide whether Tarceva can be restarted or not.
I hope it helps. Thankyou for choosing Healthcare Magic.
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