A nurse is caring for a patient who had been receiving supplemental cortisone.The patient developed a bleeding ulcer, and the steroid was discontinued.The bleeding stopped yesterday, but the blood pressure remains unstable.The nurse recognizes that the unstable blood pressure is related to:

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Down-regulation of corticosteroid receptors occurs when the body reduces the number of receptors in response to high levels of corticosteroids. When the steroid is suddenly discontinued, the body cannot immediately adjust, leading to issues such as unstable blood pressure due to reduced corticosteroid effects.

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