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I had surgery and anesthesia for a nerve block was injected into my femoral artery causing a seizure. the question? can i donate blood after this?
3 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
Yes: The drug will disappear from your bloodstream over a few hours.
Answered 12/20/2012
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Should be fine: Local anesthetics are relatively quickly metabolized after administration. Unless you plan on giving blood at the same time that you might have local anesthetic inadvertently injected into a vessel, it should be fine to donate, provided you meet all pre-donation criteria.
Answered 9/18/2012
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Yes: I am sorry this happened to you. The medication that caused the seizure is gone from your system and will nit impact the ability to give blood.
Answered 10/19/2015
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