Does anyone know if you are allowed to give blood whilst receiving Xolair therapy? I have been off pred for two weeks now (bit of a record for me this year) so I was going to donate next week as the blood van will be at work. I asked my consultant about it but he doesn't know if you can or not and when I asked the blood centre they seemed confused too. I am keen to as O negative and so I am always in demand and my sister received multiple transfusions earlier in the year so would be good to help replenish supplies.
I have given blood before in the past (although generally either on pred or been in a malarial zone) but not since starting Xolair.
It's an interesting question. I'm on Pred and Xolair at the moment (and lots of other stuff too!). I've always wondered about giving blood. I def. can't at the moment as one of my meds is an antibiotic, but I don't know about just Xolair. On the blood giving website it talks though who can't give blood and at the bottom is a query form so you could fill that in and they would be able to tell you if you can or not.
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