Hormone Replacement Therapy

Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT):
Includes tablets, patches or topical gels as treatments for menopausal symptoms.

Masculinising or feminising hormones taken to support gender transition. See Transgender and Non-Binary Individuals.

Testosterone replacement therapy for treatment of male testosterone deficiency. See Testosterone Replacement Therapy.

See:
Is there an entry for the condition for which the hormones are being given?

Must not donate if:

1. Used for malignancy.
2. A recipient of human gonadotrophin of pituitary origin.
3. A recipient of human pituitary growth hormone.
4. A recipient of replacement adrenal steroid hormones.

1. If treatment is for the menopause, its symptoms, or for osteoporosis prevention, accept.
2. If treated with growth hormone that was exclusively recombinant, accept.
3. If treated with gonadotrophins that were exclusively non-pituitary derived, accept.

Adrenal Failure
Anti-Androgens
Haemochromatosis
Malignancy
Prion Associated Diseases
Steroid Therapy
Testosterone Replacement Therapy
Thyroid Disease
Transgender and Non-Binary Individuals

There are many reasons why an individual may be deficient in a specific hormone. If this is related directly to malignancy, or to the treatment of malignancy, or to the use of pituitary derived hormones (these have been linked with prion associated diseases), the donor cannot donate in order to protect any person who may receive a donation from that individual.

If there is a risk to the safety of the donor, as may be the case with a deficiency of adrenal steroid hormones, then a donation should not be taken.

Part of this entry is a requirement of the Blood Safety and Quality Regulations 2005.

Guidance for gender affirming therapy and male testosterone deficiency has been removed from this entry. Users are now directed to the 'Transgender and Non-Binary Individuals' and 'Testosterone Replacement Therapy' entries.

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