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
Ridaura
Rilutek
Riluzole
Riociguat
Rituxan
Rituximab
Rivaroxaban
Romidepsin
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
- Child birth/Breast-feeding
- Acupuncture/Electrolysis
- Age
- Allergies
- Cancer
- Cholesterol
- Dentist
- Diabetes
- Drugs
- Man who had sex with a man
- Sore throat
- Body piercing/Tattoos
- Weight
- Medication
- Cold
- Trali (Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury)
- Vaccinations
- Travel
- For more information, please contact our Donor Services at:1 800 847.2525