1 If you have taken steroids for more than two weeks, even if you then stop, your body may have a decreased ability to respond to physical stress-because your adrenal glands may not react as they should normally. 2  This effect can last as long as a year after steroid discontinuation. Even if you develop a side effect that requires stopping or rapidly reducing your steroid therapy, you still need to taper the dose-never stopping or decreasing the dose abruptly. 2  The adverse effects of an abrupt decrease of steroid dose are often worse than the side effect you were concerned about.
Tec Ten Ter Teu TEU Twenty-foot equivalent unit It is a means of measuring the carrying capacity of container ships; e.g., a ship can be said to be capable of 3000 TEUs, which roughly equivalent to saying it could carry 3000 standard containers.
The British thermal unit (BTU or Btu) is a traditional unit of work equal to about 1055 joules. It is the amount of work needed to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit (Physical analogue: one four-inch wooden kitchen match consumed completely generates approximately 1 BTU).