POWER OF ATTORNEY


	Known all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of
Simon Pedder, J. Nick Riehle, Donald R. Reynolds, Jeffrey M. Smith and S. Halle Vakani, and
each of them acting alone, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer,
director and/or 10% or more stockholder of Chelsea Therapeutics International, Ltd. (the
"Company"), Forms ID, 3, 4 and 5 and Schedules 13D or 13G (and any amendments thereto)
under Section 13(d) and 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934
Act") in accordance with the 1934 Act, and the rules promulgated thereunder; (2) do and perform
any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Form or Schedule (and any amendments thereto) and to file
timely such Form or Schedule with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
any stock exchange or similar authority; and (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-
fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to
do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done
in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-
fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of
attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 13(d) or 16(a) of the 1934 Act.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no
longer required to file such Forms or Schedules with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 27th day of June 2008.


						/s/ William D. Schwieterman

						Print Name:  William D. Schwieterman

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