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Posted by Mair on September 11, 2001, at 21:58:19
I'm O positive and used to donate blood regularly. I haven't even tried since i started taking ADs because i just assumed I would be rejected. Is this necessarily true? I currently take 3oo mgs of Wellbutrin and about .125 mgs of klonopin.
Mair
Posted by petey on September 11, 2001, at 22:46:09
In reply to Can I donate blood??, posted by Mair on September 11, 2001, at 21:58:19
> I'm O positive and used to donate blood regularly. I haven't even tried since i started taking ADs because i just assumed I would be rejected. Is this necessarily true? I currently take 3oo mgs of Wellbutrin and about .125 mgs of klonopin.
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> MairI'm noy real sure about that either, but I bet if you called your local hospital they could tell you. I'M THINKING ABOUT DONATING,TOO. I'm also on meds. so i'd be interested to know that,too. It' just horrible what happened today' I figure the least I can do is give blood.
Posted by akc on September 12, 2001, at 12:41:13
In reply to Re: Can I donate blood??, posted by petey on September 11, 2001, at 22:46:09
You just go to the donation center. They will ask all the meds you are on. Be honest. If they don't know the med, they go look it up in a book (the person who did my intake had to look up topamax and seroquel). I passed. I'm guessing most people will.
akc
(I'm guessing some of our illicit pasts will keep us from giving more than our current treatment!)
Posted by Waterlily on September 13, 2001, at 15:34:34
In reply to Can I donate blood??, posted by Mair on September 11, 2001, at 21:58:19
I'm a medical technologist who works in a blood bank. You can most certainly donate blood while on those medications. Keep giving even after this crisis is over because the rest of the country needs blood too. We especially need platelet pheresis donors. During this donation your blood goes into a machine which separates out the platelets and gives you your red cells back. It takes a couple of hours, but it is needed because we need at least six units of platelets from a whole blood donation to transfuse an adult. With a pheresis platelet product an equivilant of 6 units of platelets is removed from at one time from a single donor. This reduces the number of donors the patient is exposed to.
Posted by shelliR on September 14, 2001, at 19:41:46
In reply to Yes., posted by Waterlily on September 13, 2001, at 15:34:34
> I'm a medical technologist who works in a blood bank. You can most certainly donate blood while on those medications. Keep giving even after this crisis is over because the rest of the country needs blood too. We especially need platelet pheresis donors. During this donation your blood goes into a machine which separates out the platelets and gives you your red cells back. It takes a couple of hours, but it is needed because we need at least six units of platelets from a whole blood donation to transfuse an adult. With a pheresis platelet product an equivilant of 6 units of platelets is removed from at one time from a single donor. This reduces the number of donors the patient is exposed to.
Waterlily. I have called the Red Cross previously and they said no because of my use of an MAOI. Is this correct? It made sense to me because of the interactive possibilities, but should I recheck?
Shelli
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