Rats, another setback for homeopathy

It may not be as big news as the recent Covid-19 paper retractions, but a published “research” article claiming effectiveness of a homeopathic penis enlargement drug (in rodents, anyway) has bit the dust.

Cue “In Russia…” jokes.

Homeopathic Penis
Band name!

If homeopathy were any less effective, that would make it work!

Homepathic A&E!

Homeopathy is the perfect remedy for COVID. The effective molecules stay six feet apart.

The thing about a homeopathic penis is that it’s actually more effective the smaller it is.

The problem is that eventually it’s so small that it doesn’t contain even a single molecule of penis.

The same thing happens as you get older.

That’s right folks - aging is homeopathic.

Somewhere there’s a post doc or lab tech who’s still seething about having spent many hours measuring rat erections.

As a famous Tom Lehrer song intro had it: “… Harvey had majored in Animal Husbandry … until they caught him at it one day.”

Aw, snap! The next retired virile jock isn’t gonna be hired as the new spokesperson.

Does this affect my homeopathic penis reduction drugs?

From the article:

Over the objection of all of the authors, a journal has retracted an article on a homeopathic approach to penis enlargement and virility after deciding that the putative remedy wasn’t potent enough for the task at hand.

Exactly. The smaller the percentage of studies that show homeopathy works, the more effective it is.

Or someone found their dream job.

The research just petered out.

I don’t see the issue. In my experience, sooner or later penis enlargement is always followed by a retraction.