TheCentral Council for ResearchinAyurvedicSciences (CCRAS) has launched a study to ascertain the efficacy of the controversial Krishnapatnam medicine formulated by Bonigi Anandaiah. The CCRAS has directed the NRS Government Ayurvedic College in Vijayawada and the Ayurvedic hospital in Tirupati to take comprehensive feedback from at least 500 patients who have consumed the preparation. Data of patients have been collected through Nellore district police and some patients have been contacted for feedback. Teams from the Vijayawada college and Tirupati hospital will interact with the patients.
CCRAS has said it will complete its investigation into the drug in four stages. Analysis of the samples received from the state Ayush department has started and CCRAS is reported to have communicated that it would take at least four to five weeks for completing the comprehensive investigation.