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.
TEU â âtwenty foot equivalent unit.â A standard container size that can be loaded and sealed onto ships, railroad cars, trucks, and planes. dimensions of a TEU are 20 ft (length) Ã 8 ft (width) Ã 9 ft (height). 5,140 lb (empty container weight). A TEU can accommodate 796 bushels of soybeans.