is it true that if you've only done coke 2-3 times u can NEVER donate blood?
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If you've done hardcore drugs, then it's probably a reasonable expectation that you may have done something to contaminate your blood and it's not worth the expense for them to process only to have it thrown away? But, I'm just speculating.
kranky
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I don't think that would disqualify someone forever. They'll ask a bunch of questions and the person should answer them truthfully. I give blood pretty regularly and the questions about drug use are related to using needles (no surprise) and for things unrelated to needles they ask "have you used <fill in the blank> in the last <some period of time>."
If you donate blood and they find any opiate(illegal drugs, pain killers etc), you will be barred from ever giving blood again.
No, its is absolutely not true, unless you were doing it IV. Same goes for plasma donations.
http://www.utahblood.org/qualifications/qualifactions.htm
Age
Blood donors must be age 17 or older. Parental permission is required for minors.
Weight
You must weigh at least 110 pounds (50 kg) to donate blood.
Photo ID
When you go to donate, be sure to bring a picture ID that contains your legal name.
You must be feeling well and healthy the day of donation.
Eat a good meal and drink plenty of fluids prior to donating.
Frequency
Donating whole blood is safe every 56 days (eight weeks). Donating platelets is safe every five days, up to 24 times per year.
Please DO NOT donate blood if you:
Have cold or flu symptoms or do not feel well the day of donation.
Have taken oral antibiotics in the past five days. (Antibiotics taken for acne are okay.)
Have had hepatitis after the age of 11.
Have received a blood transfusion within the past 12 months.
Have had a tattoo, body piercing, acupuncture, an accidental needle stick or have come in
contact with someone else's blood in the past 12 months.
Have had malaria or have traveled to a malarial-risk area within the past 12 months.
Are pregnant.
Have been treated for syphilis or gonorrhea in the past 12 months.
Have ever used a needle to inject nonprescription drugs (including steroids).
Have or are at risk for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
Note: Due to new restrictions related to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (commonly known as human mad cow disease), if you have traveled to Europe since 1980, please call
801-584-5272 to determine your eligibility.
http://www.utahblood.org/qualifications/qualifactions.htm
Age
Blood donors must be age 17 or older. Parental permission is required for minors.
Weight
You must weigh at least 110 pounds (50 kg) to donate blood.
Photo ID
When you go to donate, be sure to bring a picture ID that contains your legal name.
You must be feeling well and healthy the day of donation.
Eat a good meal and drink plenty of fluids prior to donating.
Frequency
Donating whole blood is safe every 56 days (eight weeks). Donating platelets is safe every five days, up to 24 times per year.
Please DO NOT donate blood if you:
Have cold or flu symptoms or do not feel well the day of donation.
Have taken oral antibiotics in the past five days. (Antibiotics taken for acne are okay.)
Have had hepatitis after the age of 11.
Have received a blood transfusion within the past 12 months.
Have had a tattoo, body piercing, acupuncture, an accidental needle stick or have come in
contact with someone else's blood in the past 12 months.
Have had malaria or have traveled to a malarial-risk area within the past 12 months.
Are pregnant.
Have been treated for syphilis or gonorrhea in the past 12 months.
Have ever used a needle to inject nonprescription drugs (including steroids).
Have or are at risk for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
Note: Due to new restrictions related to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (commonly known as human mad cow disease), if you have traveled to Europe since 1980, please call
801-584-5272 to determine your eligibility.
In actuality if you do answer yes to using hard drugs (which you should if you have) they will be required to test your blood for various things. Depending on the availability of your blood type they may just throw your blood away rather than bother with the expense of testing it.
I take that back. There is another excluder which obviously would rule you ineligible:
you have taken drugs or money in exchange for sex since 1977;
Sorry.
you have taken drugs or money in exchange for sex since 1977;
Sorry.
Originally posted by: Lucky
I take that back. There is another excluder which obviously would rule you ineligible:
you have taken drugs or money in exchange for sex since 1977;
Sorry.
crap
:|like i mean can they detect it so many years later even if it was just a small qty?
well, the contents of the blood changes over time. However, hard core drug addicts, who inject... well... after some time, the veins used by the addicts in the arms collapse. And they move on to veins in their legs...
lol ok but nobody answered whether you can never donate blood say if you tried coke once, a very small qty... hypothetically speaking
craps
is there any way to purify your blood, if you were in this entirely hypothetical situation?
is there any way to purify your blood, if you were in this entirely hypothetical situation?
nope they can't detect it.
it gets out of your system quite fast. you should be fine for a test less than a week later.
I believe anyone who tells you this is full of it. ive done lots of drugs in my life and I give blood. coke only stays in your system for a few days, at least by drug-testing standards. I've done coke before and just gave blood last month, they even sent me an updated donor card. they sure didnt have any problems with what I gave them....but then again, im O+ so I could probably have syphilis, aids and by an IV user and they'd take it
I wouldn't think doing coke would preclude you from ever giving blood, because it's snorted and not injected. But what do I know.
Originally posted by: killface
Ummm, yeah your question has been answered. Even though you got all coked up and talked about the world's problems until 7 am last saturday you'll still be able to give blood.
nice!
now can anyone clarify about the purifying methods? i can't stress enough that this is purely hypothetical...
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Nothing I have ever heard, or read here, would make a former cocaine user ineligible to give blood. IV drug users and prostitutes are ineligible because they are relatively likely to have bloodborne infections like HIV and hepatitis, but I have never been asked anything pertaining to other drug use in the course of giving blood (though I have never used cocaine or any IV drug, or been a prostitute).
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