Meditox Pty Ltd is a company whose primary activities include:
- provision of expertise to industry and legal firms primarily in the fields of medical toxicology and adverse effects of drugs and chemicals.
- provision of research infrastructure and educational materials on poisoning.
Meditox’s consultant physicians are recognised nationally and internationally for their expertise in these areas.
The group’s medico-legal expertise has ranged from Royal Commissions, Coronial inquests and criminal cases to civil litigation for poisoning related injuries, medical misadventure and negligence. The most common areas where we provide opinions relate to areas of active clinical research. This includes management of acute poisonings, paracetamol poisoning, pesticide poisoning, psychiatric drug poisoning, serotonin syndrome and other psychiatric drug adverse effects, hepatotoxicity, drugs of abuse, and fatal drug poisoning.
The related companyToxicology Consultants also provides a 24 hour-365 days a year on-call service for corporations who wish to be able to avail themselves of expert medical toxicological information and advice at short notice as part of their toxicological risk management strategy.
