The lawyer for a Queensland woman accused of poisoning her one-year-old daughter with unnecessary drugs to gain a social media profile is seeking protective custody for his client as the matter comes to light.

The 34-year-old man from the Sunshine Coast, whose identity cannot be revealed, appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Friday wearing a long green police top and green trousers.

She is accused of giving her one-year-old child unauthorized prescription and pharmacy drugs between August and October 2024 to boost her social media profile and obtain $60,000 in donations.

The woman was charged with five counts of wounding with intent, three counts of preparing a dangerous substance to commit a crime and one count each of torture, child exploitation material and fraud.

She stood before Judge Peter Suggs with her hands clasped and looked calm as her case was brought up.

Her lawyer, Mathew Cuskelly, did not apply for bail on his client's behalf but asked for preliminary evidence to be disclosed.

This included CCTV relating to the preparations for the commission of the alleged offences, which police said captured the offending in high-quality footage, as well as associated receipts and bank records.

He also demanded the release of video recordings of electroencephalography (EEG) equipment that records the brain's electrical activity.

The woman was remanded in custody and the case was adjourned to January 28, when she is expected to apply for bail.

A female supporter, sitting in the front row of the courtroom, smiled and blew a kiss to the woman as the defendant was led back to the holding cell.

The woman will be taken from Brisbane Detention Center to the women's prison.

Caskelley requested that the woman be taken into protective custody once she gets there.

"There's been some publicity about this and I'm worried about the safety of my clients," he said.

That's a matter for the Department of Corrections, Suggs said.

Police said the allegations came to their attention after the little girl was admitted to a hospital south of Brisbane with a genuine "serious medical condition" and hospital staff feared she had been poisoned.

Police said testing, medical reports and expert advice led them to find unauthorized prescription drugs in the child's system.

The woman allegedly ignored medical advice, disregarded hospital treatment plans and went to great lengths to obtain unauthorized medicines from home to give to her children, including other people's old medicines.

The woman allegedly filmed the child in "tremendous pain and suffering" and posted it on social media.

DI Paul Dalton said on Thursday: "We believe the people we have charged took these drugs to benefit financially by enhancing their social media profile and views."

He said the woman set up a GoFundMe page for crowdfunding and allegedly obtained $60,000 in donations through fraudulent means.

GoFundMe is repaying donors and police will demand the money be returned if the woman is convicted.

Dalton said the baby is doing well.

As they left court, Carkeli and supporters declined to comment on the case.