Patients trust friends more than science on drug treatments: Six in ten are sceptical of claims made by trials

Patients are more likely to trust advice from friends about medicines than scientific research, experts warn.

A survey found that 63 per cent of the public and 82 per cent of GPs are sceptical of claims made by drugs trials.

Many have major doubts following a series of scares over the safety of HRT, cholesterol-busting statins and the antiviral drug Tamiflu.

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