Gasoline symptoms and conditions

I was out of the county where I contracted a supposed bacterial infection. The doctor prescribed Levaquin 1500 mg (500 mg x 3) for five days. Within days, I was experiencing the most severe back pain (to the point where it would have been preferable to have been doused in gasoline and lit on fire), both arms went numb, my heart rate skyrocketed to 130 bpm and I began passing out. I seriously thought that I was going to die and here I was in the middle of Africa with no one to help me. I finally got home after a 35 hr flight that has to be the most traumatic experience of my life. Five months later, I am in constant pain with numerous trigger points and extensive connective tissue damage in my back. I can no longer write because my fingers are so destroyed by arthritis-like symptoms. I am suffering from anxiety attacks and depression. I have chest pain and palpitations on a regular basis and now my knee has suddenly developed tendinitis when I have not exercised for 2 weeks. This drug has destroyed my life. I am 27 years old and was healthy before I took this drug and now I have become completely debilitated. This drug should be pulled from the market immediately! I will be pursuing legal recourse for my pain and suffering and I encourage others to do the same.

Put on 80 mg a day because of back pain. Did not sleep for 7 days, could not get a hold of a doctor to stop. Finally, got ahold of GP who put me on anti-depressants. This is like throwing gasoline on a fire-did not sleep more than 20 minutes at a time for another 5 days. Now getting back to normal but still have foot and ankle pain. Back feels the same as before I started it. It sounds like reactions are very person and dose specific. DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG IF YOU POSSIBLY AVOID IT-If you start, have 3rd party evaluate side effects. You can not self-diagnose that you are in trouble. It is like you are in a fog and you can not think straight enough to gauge what is happening!

After taking 80 mg for about a year I noticed (after loosing
15 lbs) the following:
1) constant constapation
2) tingling in my hands.
3) weakness in fingers.
4) extreme taste degradation.
5) smell sensitivity.
After stopping zocor for 5 weeks symptoms 1,2,3
seems to have improved, taste is only marginaly
improved. I still can't take the smell of bleach
or gasoline, and coke tastes like acid.
I'm sure it is the xocor