Bill's pure dimethylfumarate thread

[Bill]

A bit of disappointment today. I tried to donate blood but was declined due to my drug taking. I was told that I would need to be dimethyl fumarate free for at least six months before I could donate. Explaining that the drug has a half-life of an hour and was undetectable after 24 hours was to no avail. I can understand the caution for such a critical commodity, however unqualified. A pity as it would have allowed me blood checks every 6 weeks or so, even more often had I donated plasma or platelets. On the positive side my blood haemoglobin was at 15.7 g/dl, up from 14.6 g/dl some six weeks earlier. With this increase and the haemoglobin value within the normal range, it is probably still prudent to continue my iron supplementation, albeit at a reduced rate. I will continue taking 830 mg doses of dimethyl fumarate twice weekly until my next blood test in eight weeks.

Cheers