Hi My uncle has pancratic cancer and using tarceva for 3 months but now he is syffering from new?

I did some research on the Tarceva & I would have thought it would be a strong pain killer & was surprised it wasnt. I know I'm not telling you something you don't know already know but the survival rate for that type of cancer is around 5% & I don't know what stage he's at but from reading about the about the drug he's on it sounded like its a drug that is used after other others have not,so if it were myself I'd try & just make his quality of life by taking some strong narcotics if he's not already taking them,sure he might not be as coherent as he was at once might have been,but I'd rather be more out of it then in the kind pain? From what I read about the drug there giving him it doesn't do much in the pain. I'd focus on quality of life & get some strong narcotics for when he needs them. Yes he will become dependent on them but if the cancer goes into remission he can taper off slowly under a doctors care.

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Sorry for you situation & I hope it does get better,but if not I would want to be comfortable. Good luck.