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Title: Ada M. Demmler and L. Frank Demmler V.
Author : At Nashville Court Of Criminal Appeals Of Tennessee
Release Date : January 14, 1996
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 66 KB

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On March 23, 1988, after taking a physician-prescribed dosage of the drug Parnate, Ada M. Demmler suffered a hypertensive crisis, which is a side effect of Parnate. The episode caused Demmler to become permanently disabled, including a partial paralysis and brain damage. Parnate is an antidepressant medication manufactured and sold by defendant, SmithKline Beecham Corporation (SmithKline), with warnings concerning hypertensive crises. It is a psychiatric drug classified as an monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI). Christopher M. Erstling, M.D., a psychiatrist at Shadyside Hospital, had prescribed the drug to Demmler for treatment of her depression. In this appeal, it is contended that SmithKline failed to give adequate warnings concerning an available antidote to hypertensive crises.