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#1
As title says.
I receive Effexor, Remeron and Abilify. Besides that, I am healthy and I exercise a lot. |
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Poohbah
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In the U.S. yes, as long as there's not another reason you'd be deferred. There are a lot of possible reasons, but none of your meds are on the medication deferral list
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Thank you very much dude.
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I have found though the rules are most mentally ill can donate blood some areas have limited certain psychotropic drugs and problems because the process is one where the blood is filtered through a machine and then a portion of that is returned back to the body.
with some medications the machines end up removing the meds. from the persons body and then it doesnt get returned. think of it like if you pour salt into water, then you filter that water because of iron or lead content. some or all of that salt is removed along with the iron and lead. the water that is returned doesnt have as high dosage of salt left in the water. some meds end up getting removed in the process that is used when giving blood which means a mentally ill person who needed that medication may end up going into active symptoms and problems mode because their medication isnt there in their body any more or at a smaller amount. to find out if your meds prevent you from giving blood based on your locations donation facility rules contact your donation center. |
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I've literally never heard of anyone being disqualified for this reason. And do you have a source on the filtering thing or is that just a guess? If the filtering process removed meds from the blood it would also be removing a million other small molecules that are necessary. And the cells in the blood would probably die because it would seriously mess up the pH and osmolarity, and free floating cells suspended in liquid are especially sensitive to such things, compared to like your skin cells which are a more solid mass. |
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to find out what your donation center does on these issues you will need to contact them. |
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Yup, like amandalouise said check with your donation center first. I used to donate blood. I used to give blood but they declined it after I started taking medications.
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Iam able to donate blood for the NHS whilst taking 60mg prozac, 1,500mg Depakote and Propranolol.
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