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Here’s the link where I saw the D3 for hives:

https://www.drweil.com/health-wellness/body-mind-spirit/allergy-asthma/had-it-with-hives/

The latest I’ve seen on treatment for chronic hives comes from the University of Nebraska Medical Center where researchers found that adding vitamin D3 supplements to a combination of allergy medications (one prescription and two over-the-counter drugs) could provide relief for patients who had experienced severe chronic hives for five to 20 years. Some had been treated medically and some had not. Standard therapy for chronic hives is to control symptoms with antihistamines and other allergy medications. Many of these are expensive, and some have significant side effects, the team leader noted.

For the study, half of the 38 patients participating took 600 IUs of vitamin D3 daily while the other half took 4,000 IUs. The researchers reported that after just one week, the severity of symptoms decreased by 33 percent for both groups of patients. However, at the end of three months, those taking 4,000 IUs of vitamin D3 had a further 40 percent decrease in severity of their hives, while after the first week, no further improvement occurred in the patients taking the lower dose.

The researchers termed the study results “a significant improvement,” and noted that the higher dose of readily available vitamin D3 could be considered a safe and potentially beneficial therapy. They wrote that those patients taking the higher dose of D3 also had less severe hives during the study – they didn’t have as many hives, and reported a decrease in the number of days a week they had outbreaks.

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I still get hives, but not like I used to & often, an extra dose of Vit D3 will take care of them without resorting to an antihistamine. I do not use Benadryl (dementia risk) but Fexofenadine. Fexo does not work for everyone, but I do get relief.

Also, when you take Vit D3, you should also take K2. Here’s a link that explains why:

https://info.dralexrinehart.com/articles/vitamin-d-and-vitamin-k2-benefits-connection

Vitamin D controls the absorption of calcium into the blood. Vitamin K2 controls where that calcium ends up.

You want calcium going to your bones, not your arteries.