Medications
Please check the reason or diagnosis for which you are taking the medication in the relevant section, as this may be a reason for exclusion from donating blood.
Some medications are subject to a temporary or permanent restriction.
We regret to inform you that if you take the following medicines, you cannot be a blood donor:
- Rotigotine, bromocriptine, ropinirole and pramipexole
- Antiarrhythmics
- Antiepileptics for the treatment of epilepsy
- Beta-blockers with a heart rate below 60 beats per minute
- Cytostatics
- Coronary dilators
- Digitalis
- Etretinate (topical use does not affect exclusion)
- Insulin
- Monoclonal antibodies
The following medicines have a temporary restriction. The condition for which they are taken may be a cause for longer or permanent exclusion. Please check your diagnosis in the relevant section.
- Acitretin: 3 years
- Acitretin: 1 day for topical treatment
- Auranofin: 2 years
- Carbimazole: 7 days
- Ciclosporin: 1 year
- Danazol: 7 days
- Disulfiram: 7 days
- Etosuximide: 2 months
- Finasteride: 1 month
- Growth hormone: a permanent exclusion if manufactured between 1958 and 1986
- Heparin: 7 days
- Hydroxycarbamide: 1 year
- Isotretinoin: 1 month (topical use does not exclude)
- Methotrexate: permanent exclusion if taken for a haematological neoplastic disease. For all other prescriptions: exclusion until 7 days after the end of treatment. In the case of maintenance treatment for arthritis or alopecia, it may be accepted if there is no cardiovascular involvement.
- Misoprostol: 1 day
- Penicillamine: 4 months
- Phenobarbital: 6 months
- Phenprocoumon: 6 months
- Phenytoin: 2 months
- Primidone: 6 months
- Psoralen (photochemotherapy, PUVA): 1 year
- Raloxifene: 7 days
- Sonidegib: 2 years
- Tamoxifen: 18 months (540 days) from the end of treatment if not for cancer (given to women with a family history of breast cancer for disease prevention). Permanent exclusion if for cancer treatment.
- Thalidomide: 3 days
- Topiramate: 7 days
- Valproic acid: 1 month
- Vismodegib: 2 years
- Warfarin: 2 months
If you are a platelet donor, please consult the following list. Some medicines affect the action of platelets and constitute a temporary exclusion. If you have an appointment to donate platelets and are taking any of the following medications, please contact atencioaldonant(ELIMINAR)@bst.cat or call (+34) 93 557 35 66.
5-day exclusion:
- Clopidogrel
- Prasugrel
- Ticagrelor
- Ticlopidine
48-hour exclusion:
- Aceclofenac
- Acetaminophen
- Aspirin
- Dexibuprofen
- Diclofenac
- Diflunisal
- Flurbiprofen
- Ibuprofen
- Indomethacin
- Ketoprofen
- Mefenamic Acid
- Meloxicam
- Nabumetone
- Naproxen
- Phenylbutazone
- Piroxicam
- Sulindac
- Tenoxicam
For any related enquiries, you can contact atencioaldonant(ELIMINAR)@bst.cat or call (+34) 93 557 35 66. We will share your case with our medical team to resolve your enquiry.