{"id":14672,"date":"2014-05-05T04:00:18","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T08:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/news\/?p=14672"},"modified":"2014-04-28T15:24:55","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T19:24:55","slug":"new-trial-vitamin-d-helps-with-hives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/new-trial-vitamin-d-helps-with-hives\/","title":{"rendered":"New Trial: Vitamin D helps with Hives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Rebecca Oshiro, Vitamin D Council<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a first of its kind study, researchers at the Nebraska Medical Center looked at whether or not vitamin D as an add-on therapy to a traditional treatment plan helped reduce the number and severity of hives in those with chronic urticaria.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Chronic urticaria (CU) is a condition where you develop hives on a daily basis for longer than six weeks. Hives are itchy, red skin eruptions that are not contagious. They often occur in response to environmental allergens, foods, or medications. In many instances the cause is not known. Current estimates suggest that 10-20% of the population will experience hives at some point, and 1-3% will develop CU.<\/p>\n<p>Previous research has linked vitamin D deficiency to asthma and eczema. Because these same researchers had previously shown patients with CU were more deficient in vitamin D compared to those with allergic rhinitis, they designed this study to see if supplemental vitamin D could help with the symptoms of CU.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers recruited 42 patients with CU and randomized them into two vitamin D supplement groups:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>21 into the low dose group, 600 IU\/day<\/li>\n<li>21 into the high dose group, 4,000 IU\/day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Patients were eligible to participate in the study if they had been experiencing hives on a daily or near daily basis for the past six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to vitamin D, all patients were provided with 10 mg of ceterizine twice daily, 150 mg of ranitidine twice daily, and 10 mg of montelukast daily, all drugs for the treatment of CU. They were instructed to take their vitamin D and medications for twelve weeks.<\/p>\n<p>25(OH)D levels were measured at baseline, six weeks, and completion of the study. A Urticaria Symptom Severity (USS) score assessment was administered at the same time to determine how severe CU symptoms were.<\/p>\n<p>One week into the study, there was a 33% reduction in CU symptoms in both groups, which was credited to the drug therapy. However, at completion of the study, only the high vitamin D group showed a statistically significant 40% reduction in total USS score as compared to baseline.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smarttan.epubxp.com\/i\/284697\/91\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read the entire article in the latest issue of Smart Tan Magazine online.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>SmartTan.com news articles regularly report medical and scientific information to keep you abreast of current events related to UV light. This information is not intended to be used by any party to make unwarranted health claims to promote sunbed usage. Indoor tanning businesses are obligated to communicate a fair and balanced message to all clients about your products and services including the potential risks associated with indoor tanning. Contact your Smart Tan representative to find out more about what you can and can\u2019t say in your tanning salon business.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a9 2014 International Smart Tan Network. All rights reserved.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rebecca Oshiro, Vitamin D Council In a first of its kind study, researchers at the Nebraska Medical Center looked at whether or not vitamin D as an add-on therapy to a traditional treatment plan helped reduce the number and severity of hives in those with chronic urticaria. Chronic urticaria (CU) is a condition where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Trial: Vitamin D helps with Hives - Smart Tan News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By Rebecca Oshiro, Vitamin D Council  In a first of its kind study, researchers at the Nebraska Medical Center looked at whether or not vitamin D as an add-on therapy to a traditional treatment plan helped reduce the number and severity of hives in those with chronic urticaria.   Chronic urticaria (CU) is a condition where you develop hives on a daily basis for longer than six weeks. Hives are itchy, red skin eruptions that are not contagious. They often occur in response to environmental allergens, foods, or medications. In many instances the cause is not known. Current estimates suggest that 10-20% of the population will experience hives at some point, and 1-3% will develop CU.  Previous research has linked vitamin D deficiency to asthma and eczema. Because these same researchers had previously shown patients with CU were more deficient in vitamin D compared to those with allergic rhinitis, they designed this study to see if supplemental vitamin D could help with the symptoms of CU.  The researchers recruited 42 patients with CU and randomized them into two vitamin D supplement groups:   21 into the low dose group, 600 IU\/day  21 into the high dose group, 4,000 IU\/day  Patients were eligible to participate in the study if they had been experiencing hives on a daily or near daily basis for the past six weeks.  In addition to vitamin D, all patients were provided with 10 mg of ceterizine twice daily, 150 mg of ranitidine twice daily, and 10 mg of montelukast daily, all drugs for the treatment of CU. They were instructed to take their vitamin D and medications for twelve weeks.  25(OH)D levels were measured at baseline, six weeks, and completion of the study. A Urticaria Symptom Severity (USS) score assessment was administered at the same time to determine how severe CU symptoms were.  One week into the study, there was a 33% reduction in CU symptoms in both groups, which was credited to the drug therapy. However, at completion of the study, only the high vitamin D group showed a statistically significant 40% reduction in total USS score as compared to baseline.     Click here to read the entire article in the latest issue of Smart Tan Magazine online.  &nbsp;  &nbsp;  SmartTan.com news articles regularly report medical and scientific information to keep you abreast of current events related to UV light. This information is not intended to be used by any party to make unwarranted health claims to promote sunbed usage. Indoor tanning businesses are obligated to communicate a fair and balanced message to all clients about your products and services including the potential risks associated with indoor tanning. Contact your Smart Tan representative to find out more about what you can and can\u2019t say in your tanning salon business.  \u00a9 2014 International Smart Tan Network. 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They often occur in response to environmental allergens, foods, or medications. In many instances the cause is not known. Current estimates suggest that 10-20% of the population will experience hives at some point, and 1-3% will develop CU.  Previous research has linked vitamin D deficiency to asthma and eczema. Because these same researchers had previously shown patients with CU were more deficient in vitamin D compared to those with allergic rhinitis, they designed this study to see if supplemental vitamin D could help with the symptoms of CU.  The researchers recruited 42 patients with CU and randomized them into two vitamin D supplement groups:   21 into the low dose group, 600 IU\/day  21 into the high dose group, 4,000 IU\/day  Patients were eligible to participate in the study if they had been experiencing hives on a daily or near daily basis for the past six weeks.  In addition to vitamin D, all patients were provided with 10 mg of ceterizine twice daily, 150 mg of ranitidine twice daily, and 10 mg of montelukast daily, all drugs for the treatment of CU. They were instructed to take their vitamin D and medications for twelve weeks.  25(OH)D levels were measured at baseline, six weeks, and completion of the study. A Urticaria Symptom Severity (USS) score assessment was administered at the same time to determine how severe CU symptoms were.  One week into the study, there was a 33% reduction in CU symptoms in both groups, which was credited to the drug therapy. However, at completion of the study, only the high vitamin D group showed a statistically significant 40% reduction in total USS score as compared to baseline.     Click here to read the entire article in the latest issue of Smart Tan Magazine online.  &nbsp;  &nbsp;  SmartTan.com news articles regularly report medical and scientific information to keep you abreast of current events related to UV light. This information is not intended to be used by any party to make unwarranted health claims to promote sunbed usage. Indoor tanning businesses are obligated to communicate a fair and balanced message to all clients about your products and services including the potential risks associated with indoor tanning. Contact your Smart Tan representative to find out more about what you can and can\u2019t say in your tanning salon business.  \u00a9 2014 International Smart Tan Network. 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The researchers recruited 42 patients with CU and randomized them into two vitamin D supplement groups: 21 into the low dose group, 600 IU\/day 21 into the high dose group, 4,000 IU\/day Patients were eligible to participate in the study if they had been experiencing hives on a daily or near daily basis for the past six weeks. In addition to vitamin D, all patients were provided with 10 mg of ceterizine twice daily, 150 mg of ranitidine twice daily, and 10 mg of montelukast daily, all drugs for the treatment of CU. They were instructed to take their vitamin D and medications for twelve weeks. 25(OH)D levels were measured at baseline, six weeks, and completion of the study. A Urticaria Symptom Severity (USS) score assessment was administered at the same time to determine how severe CU symptoms were. One week into the study, there was a 33% reduction in CU symptoms in both groups, which was credited to the drug therapy. 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Chronic urticaria (CU) is a condition where you develop hives on a daily basis for longer than six weeks. Hives are itchy, red skin eruptions that are not contagious. They often occur in response to environmental allergens, foods, or medications. In many instances the cause is not known. Current estimates suggest that 10-20% of the population will experience hives at some point, and 1-3% will develop CU.  Previous research has linked vitamin D deficiency to asthma and eczema. Because these same researchers had previously shown patients with CU were more deficient in vitamin D compared to those with allergic rhinitis, they designed this study to see if supplemental vitamin D could help with the symptoms of CU.  The researchers recruited 42 patients with CU and randomized them into two vitamin D supplement groups:   21 into the low dose group, 600 IU\/day  21 into the high dose group, 4,000 IU\/day  Patients were eligible to participate in the study if they had been experiencing hives on a daily or near daily basis for the past six weeks.  In addition to vitamin D, all patients were provided with 10 mg of ceterizine twice daily, 150 mg of ranitidine twice daily, and 10 mg of montelukast daily, all drugs for the treatment of CU. They were instructed to take their vitamin D and medications for twelve weeks.  25(OH)D levels were measured at baseline, six weeks, and completion of the study. A Urticaria Symptom Severity (USS) score assessment was administered at the same time to determine how severe CU symptoms were.  One week into the study, there was a 33% reduction in CU symptoms in both groups, which was credited to the drug therapy. However, at completion of the study, only the high vitamin D group showed a statistically significant 40% reduction in total USS score as compared to baseline.     Click here to read the entire article in the latest issue of Smart Tan Magazine online.  &nbsp;  &nbsp;  SmartTan.com news articles regularly report medical and scientific information to keep you abreast of current events related to UV light. This information is not intended to be used by any party to make unwarranted health claims to promote sunbed usage. Indoor tanning businesses are obligated to communicate a fair and balanced message to all clients about your products and services including the potential risks associated with indoor tanning. Contact your Smart Tan representative to find out more about what you can and can\u2019t say in your tanning salon business.  \u00a9 2014 International Smart Tan Network. 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Current estimates suggest that 10-20% of the population will experience hives at some point, and 1-3% will develop CU.  Previous research has linked vitamin D deficiency to asthma and eczema. Because these same researchers had previously shown patients with CU were more deficient in vitamin D compared to those with allergic rhinitis, they designed this study to see if supplemental vitamin D could help with the symptoms of CU.  The researchers recruited 42 patients with CU and randomized them into two vitamin D supplement groups:   21 into the low dose group, 600 IU\/day  21 into the high dose group, 4,000 IU\/day  Patients were eligible to participate in the study if they had been experiencing hives on a daily or near daily basis for the past six weeks.  In addition to vitamin D, all patients were provided with 10 mg of ceterizine twice daily, 150 mg of ranitidine twice daily, and 10 mg of montelukast daily, all drugs for the treatment of CU. They were instructed to take their vitamin D and medications for twelve weeks.  25(OH)D levels were measured at baseline, six weeks, and completion of the study. A Urticaria Symptom Severity (USS) score assessment was administered at the same time to determine how severe CU symptoms were.  One week into the study, there was a 33% reduction in CU symptoms in both groups, which was credited to the drug therapy. However, at completion of the study, only the high vitamin D group showed a statistically significant 40% reduction in total USS score as compared to baseline.     Click here to read the entire article in the latest issue of Smart Tan Magazine online.  &nbsp;  &nbsp;  SmartTan.com news articles regularly report medical and scientific information to keep you abreast of current events related to UV light. This information is not intended to be used by any party to make unwarranted health claims to promote sunbed usage. 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The researchers recruited 42 patients with CU and randomized them into two vitamin D supplement groups: 21 into the low dose group, 600 IU\/day 21 into the high dose group, 4,000 IU\/day Patients were eligible to participate in the study if they had been experiencing hives on a daily or near daily basis for the past six weeks. In addition to vitamin D, all patients were provided with 10 mg of ceterizine twice daily, 150 mg of ranitidine twice daily, and 10 mg of montelukast daily, all drugs for the treatment of CU. They were instructed to take their vitamin D and medications for twelve weeks. 25(OH)D levels were measured at baseline, six weeks, and completion of the study. A Urticaria Symptom Severity (USS) score assessment was administered at the same time to determine how severe CU symptoms were. One week into the study, there was a 33% reduction in CU symptoms in both groups, which was credited to the drug therapy. However, at completion of the study, only the high vitamin D group showed a statistically significant 40% reduction in total USS score as compared to baseline. Click here to read the entire article in the latest issue of Smart Tan Magazine online. &nbsp; &nbsp; SmartTan.com news articles regularly report medical and scientific information to keep you abreast of current events related to UV light. This information is not intended to be used by any party to make unwarranted health claims to promote sunbed usage. Indoor tanning businesses are obligated to communicate a fair and balanced message to all clients about your products and services including the potential risks associated with indoor tanning. Contact your Smart Tan representative to find out more about what you can and can\u2019t say in your tanning salon business. \u00a9 2014 International Smart Tan Network. 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