Bill's pure dimethylfumarate thread

[JohnB]

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

Trust me Bill, it's not half as bad being told you can't donate blood because of your drug taking  as it it being told we don't want your blood because you keep blacking out.   Keep up the good work. I still think you are mad .