Donor Qualification

Medication

Medications taken on a regular basis that exclude you from donating blood

Click on the corresponding letter.

COMMERCIAL/GENERIC NAMES

If you are taking any of the following medications on a regular basis, you cannot give blood.

Pegasys RBV
Peginterferon Alfa-2a
Peginterferon Beta-1a
Pembrolizumab
Pemetrexed
Penicillamine
Penicillin G
Penicillin V
Pen-G
Pen-V
Pen-VK
Pivampicillin
Pivmecillinam
Plegridy
Pomalidomide
Pomalyst
Ponatinib
Pradax
Pradaxa
Procarbazine
Procytox
Propecia
Propylthiouracil
Propyl-Thyracil
Proscar
Purinethol
Quinidine
Quinidine Sulfate
Raloxifene
Rapamune
Regorafenib
Reminyl
Replagal
Revlimid
Riabni
Ridaura
Rilutek
Riluzole
Riociguat
Rituxan
Rituximab
Rivaroxaban
Riximyo
Romidepsin
Ruxience
Ruxolitinib
Rylosol

If you have specific questions for Héma-Québec's before you go to a blood drive, please call the donor information line at 1-888-666-HEMA (4362).

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