Find the medication you are looking for and read the comments for that medication. Do not stop taking medication prescribed by your physician in order to donate blood.
Haga clic aquí para ver una lista de aplazamiento de medicamentos.
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Accutane, Amnesteem, Absorica, Claravis, Myorsian, Sotret, Zenatane (isoretinoin) |
Cannot donate or must wait one month from last dose |
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Anxiety medication |
You can donate |
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Antibiotics |
You can donate two days after your last dose |
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Antibiotics for acne or preventative for urinary track infection/gum disease |
You can donate |
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Anticonvulsant |
You can donate if no seizures for 6 months |
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Antidepressants |
You can donate |
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Analgesics - Aspirin, Pain Relievers |
If medication does not contain aspirin you may donate. If medication contains aspirin, you can donate whole blood or plasma; wait three days after last dose to donate platelets. |
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Antacids - (i.e. Tums, Prilosec) |
You can donate |
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Asthma medication (no attack requiring ER visit in past 30 days) |
You can donate |
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Anticoagulants or "blood thinners" (usually to prevent blood clots in the legs and lungs and to prevent strokes) |
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Anti-Fungal for localized skin/nails/vagina |
You can donate |
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Anti-Histamine (no or mild symptoms) |
You can donate |
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Anti-platelet agents (usually taken to prevent stroke or heart attack) Can donate non-platelet donations |
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Aubagio (teriflunomide) for relapsing multiuple sclerosis |
24 months |
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Basal cell skin caner as Erivedge (vismodegib), Odomzo (Sonidegib) |
24 months from last dose | ||||||||||||||||||
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Birth control pills |
You can donate |
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CellCept (mycophenolate mofetil) - Immunosuppressant |
6 weeks | ||||||||||||||||||
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Cholesterol medication |
You can donate |
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Decongestant (no symptoms) |
You can donate |
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Diet pill |
You can donate |
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Diuretic |
You can donate unless taking it for Congestive Heart Failure, then Indefinite Deferral |
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Experimental Medication or Unlicenced (Experimental) Vaccine |
12 months or as indicated by Medical Director |
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Female hormones |
You can donate |
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Finasteride (Proscar/Propecia) |
Cannot donate for one month from last dose |
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Growth hormones from human pituitary glands |
You cannot donate |
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Guardasil (Human Papilloma Virus) |
You can donate |
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Hepatitis B Immune Globulin |
12 months |
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Hepatitis B or C |
Cannot donate at any time |
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Hepatitis A |
You can donate |
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Insulin (U.S. licensed) |
You can donate |
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Insulin (beef/bovine) manufactured in the United Kingdom |
Cannot donate at any time |
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Isoretinoin (Accutane, Amnesteem, Claravis or Sotret) |
Cannot donate or must wait one month from last dose |
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PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV) - Truvada, Descovy, Tivicay, Isentress (tenofovir, emtricitabine dolutegravir, raltegravir) |
3 months - as of July 9, 2020 |
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HIV treatment also known as antiretroviral therapy (ART) |
Cannot donate at any time |
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Propecia (finasteride) |
Cannot donate or must wait one month from last dose |
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Prostate symptoms |
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Psoriasis |
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Rheumatoid arthritis |
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Sleeping pill |
You can donate |
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Steroids |
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Thalomid (thalidomide) for multiple myeloma |
1 month |
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Thyroid medication |
You can donate |
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Tranquilizers |
You can donate |
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Vitamins/ Herbal Supplements |
You can donate |