Medical toxicology consultation

Is an exposure causing harm?

What to do about it?

Board-certified medical toxicologist
Board-certified emergency physician
Physician-scientist

Medications, supplements, environmental exposures, and toxicology testing can raise difficult questions. Could a medication or supplement be causing symptoms? Does an abnormal test result represent a real health risk? Is an exposure likely to matter, or is it a false alarm?

Chary Medical Toxicology provides physician consultation to evaluate toxicologic risk, interpret testing, clarify diagnosis, and identify evidence-based diagnostic, monitoring, and treatment options.

The goal is practical clarity: what is known, what remains uncertain, and what steps are most likely to improve health.

Conflicting advice

For people trying to make sense of confusing or alarming health information

Many people seek consultation after receiving conflicting information. One clinician is unconcerned. An online source suggests danger. A laboratory result looks alarming. A supplement company recommends treatment. A proposed diagnosis sounds plausible, but the evidence is unclear.

The purpose of consultation is not to dismiss concerns or amplify fear. It is to evaluate the exposure history, symptoms, timing, testing, and medical literature to determine what is most likely to be clinically meaningful.

Some concerns require treatment. Others require monitoring, additional evaluation, medication changes, exposure reduction, or reassurance. Medical toxicology helps identify which course is most appropriate.

What we help clarify

Consultation for exposure, medication, supplement, and testing concerns

Could this exposure be affecting my health?

Evaluation of environmental, occupational, household, product-related, or accidental exposures and whether they are toxicologically plausible.

Could a medication or supplement be responsible?

Assessment of adverse effects, interactions, supplement safety, dosing, timing, and whether symptoms fit the known toxicology.

What do these toxicology or heavy metal tests mean?

Interpretation of blood, urine, hair, drug, heavy metal, and environmental testing in clinical context.

Is more testing likely to help?

Review of whether additional testing is likely to clarify the concern, change treatment, or create more uncertainty.

Does the evidence support a proposed diagnosis or treatment?

Independent review of exposure-related diagnoses, detoxification plans, chelation, medication changes, supplement regimens, or other proposed interventions.

What should I do next?

Recommendations regarding treatment options, monitoring, exposure reduction, additional evaluation, and questions to discuss with your treating clinician.

Clinical expertise

Consultation by a physician trained in medical toxicology, the specialty focused on poisoning, medication toxicity, environmental exposures, and toxicologic diagnosis and treatment.

Evidence-based care

Recommendations are grounded in clinical toxicology, pharmacology, exposure science, and the medical literature.

Practical next steps

The focus is not only interpretation, but what to do next: treatment, monitoring, testing, prevention, or reassurance when appropriate.

Request consultation

Get a physician toxicologist’s assessment of your concern.

Share the exposure, medication, supplement, test result, or treatment question you would like reviewed. If the concern is urgent or life-threatening, call Poison Control or seek emergency care instead.

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