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Which is the most common side effect of inhaled beclomethasone dipropionate:

A
Oropharyngeal candidiasis
B
Pneumonia
C
Atrophic rhinitis
D
Pituitary adrenal suppression
High-Yield Explanation
Most of the side effects of steroids are mainly hoarseness, oropharyngeal candidiasis, decreased growth in children with adrenal suppression. • The plausible explanation is that since these drugs are inhaled, they avoid the first pass metabolism that orally administered steroids undergo and hence have a preponderance to cause the usual manifestations of steroid toxicity.

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