A donor may be taking a medication that could adversely affect a fetus if transfused into a pregnant woman. The donor should be deferred for a period sufficient to totally eliminate the drug.
Drug
Use
Deferral
finasteride (Proscar, Propecia)
benign prostatic hypertrophy, baldness
30 days after last dose
dutasteride (Avodart)
benign prostatic hypertrophy
180 days after last dose
isotretinoin (Accutane)
severe acne
30 days after last dose
acitretin (Soriatane)
severe psoriasis
3 years (1096 days)
etretinate (Tegison)
severe psoriasis
indefinite
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