Unused Tarceva - 1269497

I'd like to know too. I still have an unopened/unused bottle of Tarceva that I hate to throw away when people have to pay $200/pill at the pharmacy but I do not want to expose myself to any kind of liability.

I had asked Liz's oncologist that same question, and he said that a doctor/hospital could not accept it, for the same reason that when you're an inpatient they won't let you bring in your own medication. If they're going to dispense it to you (or even let you take it yourself while in their facility), for liability reasons they want to be sure it's the real, unadulterated product.

I would think that the only way to make it useful would be to give it directly to a patient in need, but there's no way to avoid the potential liability issue that Bob raises.

JimC
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