As a health-care professional,which of the following guidelines will you have to bear in mind while counseling patients who are receiving steroid therapy?
A) Single steroid doses should be taken before 9 AM to allow distribution of drug to mimic diurnal levels without suppressing available adrenocortical activity.
B) Patients receiving high-dose or long-term steroid therapy should not discontinue the steroids without the supervision of the prescribing physician to avoid precipitating symptoms of withdrawal.
C) Diabetics may have an increased blood glucose concentration requiring dose adjustment in insulin or oral antidiabetic drugs.
D) All of these statements are correct.
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