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                        I had hives for six months was on allegra 1/day  clarinex 1/day  zyrtex 1 and sometimes 2 a day  zantac 150mg 2 /day  plus predisone when they were really bad    this kept the hives down to just a few every day, I stopped each pill one at a time to make sure they did not come back  They are all gone now, taking no medicine    The one thing you should try first is 1 antihistamine and the zantac( or generic  ranitidine 150 mg twice a day)  this made the biggest difference