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Medication Deferral List

This medication deferral list provides information on medications that may prevent individuals from donating blood if taken within a certain time period prior to donation. It explains that certain medications like antiplatelet agents and anticoagulants can affect blood's ability to clot and could cause issues for recipients if donated too soon after use. Other medications like acne treatments, cancer drugs, and immunosuppressants carry risks of birth defects if the blood is received by a pregnant woman. Donors should not stop taking medications prescribed by their doctor but should inform staff of any on the list used within specified time frames.

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Medication Deferral List

This medication deferral list provides information on medications that may prevent individuals from donating blood if taken within a certain time period prior to donation. It explains that certain medications like antiplatelet agents and anticoagulants can affect blood's ability to clot and could cause issues for recipients if donated too soon after use. Other medications like acne treatments, cancer drugs, and immunosuppressants carry risks of birth defects if the blood is received by a pregnant woman. Donors should not stop taking medications prescribed by their doctor but should inform staff of any on the list used within specified time frames.

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Medication Deferral List

DO NOT STOP taking medications prescribed by your doctor in order to donate blood.
Donating while taking these drugs could have a negative effect on your health or
on the health of the recipient of your blood.
PLEASE TELL US IF YOU:
ARE BEING TREATED WITH ANY
OR WHICH IS ALSO ANYTIME IN THE
OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF
HAVE TAKEN: CALLED: LAST:
MEDICATIONS:
Feldene piroxicam 2 Days
Effient prasugrel 3 Days
Anti-platelet agents Brilinta ticagrelor 7 Days
(usually taken to prevent stroke
or heart attack) Plavix clopidogrel
14 Days
Ticlid ticlopidine
Zontivity vorapaxar 1 Month
Arixtra fondaparinux
Eliquis apixaban
Fragmin dalteparin
Anticoagulants or “blood Lovenox enoxaparin 2 Days
thinners” (usually to prevent
Pradaxa dabigatran
blood clots in the legs and lungs
and to prevent strokes) Savaysa edoxaban
Xarelto rivaroxaban
Coumadin, Warfilone, Jantoven warfarin
7 Days
Heparin, low molecular weight heparin
Accutane
Amnesteem
Absorica
Acne treatment Claravis isotretinoin
Myorisan
Sotret
Zenatane 1 Month

Multiple myeloma Thalomid thalidomide


Rheumatoid arthritis Rinvoq upadacitinib
Hair loss remedy Propecia finasteride
Proscar finasteride
Prostate symptoms Avodart
dutasteride 6 Months
Jalyn
mycophenolate
Immunosuppressant Cellcept 6 Weeks
mofetil
Erivedge vismodegib
Basal cell skin cancer
Odomzo sonidegib
Relapsing multiple sclerosis Aubagio teriflunomide 24 Months

Rheumatoid arthritis Arava leflunomide


Hepatitis exposure Hepatitis B Immune Globulin HBIG
12 months
Experimental Medication or Unlicensed (Experimental) Vaccine
Soriatane acitretin 36 Months
Psoriasis
Tegison etretinate Ever

AABB DHQ/aDHQ Medication Deferral List v2.1 without PrEP, PEP, ART Revision date: April 2020
(Revised to remove hGH and bovine insulin, add Rinvoq)
Medication Deferral List
DO NOT STOP taking medications prescribed by your doctor in order to donate blood.
Some medications affect your eligibility as a blood donor for the following reasons:

Anti-platelet agents affect platelet function, so people taking these drugs should not donate
platelets for the indicated time. You may still be able to donate whole blood or red blood cells by
apheresis.

Anticoagulants or "blood thinners" are used to treat or prevent blood clots in the legs, lungs, or
other parts of the body, and to prevent strokes. These medications affect the blood’s ability to clot,
which might cause excessive bruising or bleeding when you donate. You may still be able to donate
whole blood or red blood cells by apheresis.

Isotretinoin, finasteride, dutasteride acitretin and etretinate can cause birth defects. Your
donated blood could contain high enough levels to damage the unborn baby if transfused to a
pregnant woman.

Thalomid (thalidomide), Erivedge (vismodegib), Odomzo (sonidegib), Aubagio (teriflunomide),


and Rinvoq (upadacitinib) may cause birth defects or the death of an unborn baby if transfused to a
pregnant woman.

Cellcept (mycophenolate mofetil) and Arava (leflunomide) are immunosuppressants which may
cause birth defects or the death of an unborn baby if transfused to a pregnant woman.

Hepatitis B Immune Globulin (HBIG) is an injected material used to prevent hepatitis B infection
following a possible or known exposure to hepatitis B. HBIG does not prevent hepatitis B infection in
every case, therefore, persons who have received HBIG must wait to donate blood.

Experimental Medication or Unlicensed (Experimental) Vaccine is usually associated with a


research study, and the effect on the safety of transfused blood is unknown.

AABB DHQ/aDHQ Medication Deferral List v2.1 without PrEP, PEP, ART Revision date: April 2020
(Revised to remove hGH and bovine insulin, add Rinvoq)

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