A client who has been taking high-dose corticosteroid therapy for 1 month to treat a severe inflammatory condition,which has now resolved,asks the nurse why she needs to continue taking corticosteroids.Which is the nurse's best response?
A) "It is possible for the inflammation to recur if you stop the drugs."
B) "Once you start corticosteroids, you have to be weaned off them."
C) "You must decrease the dose slowly so your hormones will begin to work again."
D) "The drug suppresses your immune system, which needs to be built back up."
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