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Can you donate plasma if you are on dialysis? 

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And by allowing me to donate in the way I ask, you permit me to help more people than I otherwise would.
Thus, with the ultimate plan being to “transplant when you can,” there is evidence of better survival during the initial 2 years of ESRD with peritoneal dialysis.
“If you can find a way to extend the life outside the body of those organs,” says Lerner, “then you can really do wonders.” Alan Dove, New York Nifty transport device doubles durability of donor organs
“The financial implication is if we go towards the path where all these drugs— EPO, iron—are part of a bundled reimbursement—if the government says all right here’s a fixed amount of money; I want you to reach the quality levels that you need for your patients—then EPO becomes a heavy cost burden for either dialysis facilities or providers who happen to serve a large African-American population.”