National steroid cards were designed to inform patients treated with corticosteroids of the dose and potential hazards of treatment. Recent reports of severe chickenpox associated with steroid treatment have highlighted a potential need to amend the current steroid card. In May 1994 the Chief Medical Officer wrote to all doctors in the United Kingdom regarding the hazards of exposure to chickenpox. With this background, we asked patients taking oral steroid treatment about the information they had received from their doctors.
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