مريض يأخذ كورتيزون فموياً لفترة طويلة. أي تعليم صحيح؟

A client takes long-term oral corticosteroids. Which teaching is correct?

1. Avoid calcium and vitamin D during treatment
2. Take it in the morning with food and monitor glucose, BP and bones
3. Take it at night on an empty stomach to reduce insomnia
4. Stop it suddenly if side effects appear

Answer: B) Take it in the morning with food and monitor glucose, BP and bones. Steroids are taken in the morning to mimic natural secretion and with food to protect the stomach. They raise glucose and BP and weaken bones and immunity; they are not stopped abruptly after long use.