A patient with asthma is going to begin taking an inhaled steroid. The nurse teaching the patient that what adverse effects may occur when using this drug? (Select all that apply.)
A) Headache
B) Rebound congestion
C) Sepsis
D) Epistaxis
E) Depression
A, B, D
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Adverse effects associated with the use of inhaled steroids include irritability, not depression, headache, rebound congestion, local infection, not sepsis and epistaxis.
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