I want to add something to my original post. I only took this me...

Interesting post cause I have this pain that makes a complete circle around my rib cage to my back. They evaluated me for shingles, but I didn't have any outbreaks.
I bet it was the nerve irritation along those lines. You now look up signs of a snake bite and you will see most of our symptoms. My doctor tried to pretend like I was crazy when I told him this.
I am not crazy and these symptoms are real. You can start by taking a Zinc supplement as this poison depletes the body of Zinc.

The shingles is something my mother has had a couple of times (only mild). After all the difficulties with Lisinopril for her, and myself with Cipro (unfortunately I was prescribed this from the same BAD doctor), I started researching treatments. Something that helped bring me back will also help you with shingles. If you've heard of people getting B-12 injections don't fear. They've made progress with an oral herb called Methyl B-12, just take one a day and it will prevent a reoccurance. You can see my ordeal on www.floxintoxin.com if you're interested.

I take a 100mg & 100mcg B-Complex capsule daily and have now added B-12 1000 to my regimen. I still can't believe that this has taken 2 months out of my "normal" life. I recently started biofeedback training and hope to help regulate my blood pressure with that.