# Rats, another setback for homeopathy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 1, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-another-setback-for-homeopathy/913955 "2020-07-01T14:18:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-another-setback-for-homeopathy/913955/1 "2020-07-01T14:18:36Z")
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. > **[Coming up short: Journal retracts penis enlargement paper after realizing it...](https://retractionwatch.com/2020/07/01/coming-up-short-journal-retracts-penis-enlargement-paper-after-realizing-it-was-homeopathy/)** > > Researchers compared Impaza with sildenafil (Viagra) Over the objection of all of the authors, a journal has retracted an article on a homeopathic approach to penis enlargement and virility after d… Cue “In Russia…” jokes. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-another-setback-for-homeopathy/913955/2 "2020-07-01T14:25:01Z")
Homeopathic Penis Band name! ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-another-setback-for-homeopathy/913955/3 "2020-07-01T14:32:10Z")
If homeopathy were any less effective, that would make it work! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-another-setback-for-homeopathy/913955/4 "2020-07-01T14:33:12Z")
[Homepathic A&E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMGIbOGu8q0)! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-another-setback-for-homeopathy/913955/5 "2020-07-01T14:35:04Z")
Homeopathy is the perfect remedy for COVID. The effective molecules stay six feet apart. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-another-setback-for-homeopathy/913955/6 "2020-07-01T15:53:29Z")
The thing about a homeopathic penis is that it’s actually more effective the smaller it is. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-another-setback-for-homeopathy/913955/7 "2020-07-01T16:25:57Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-another-setback-for-homeopathy/913955/8 "2020-07-01T16:55:55Z")
The same thing happens as you get older. That’s right folks - aging is homeopathic. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-another-setback-for-homeopathy/913955/9 "2020-07-01T18:53:05Z")
Somewhere there’s a post doc or lab tech who’s still seething about having spent many hours measuring rat erections. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-another-setback-for-homeopathy/913955/10 "2020-07-01T19:52:27Z")
As a famous Tom Lehrer song intro had it: “… Harvey had majored in Animal Husbandry … until they caught him at it one day.” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-another-setback-for-homeopathy/913955/11 "2020-07-01T19:55:46Z")
Aw, snap! The next retired virile jock isn’t gonna be hired as the new spokesperson. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Crap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.crap/32/3131_2.png) [@Dr.Crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Crap)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-another-setback-for-homeopathy/913955/12 "2020-07-01T20:10:39Z")
Does this affect my homeopathic penis reduction drugs? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-another-setback-for-homeopathy/913955/13 "2020-07-01T20:28:01Z")
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**. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-another-setback-for-homeopathy/913955/14 "2020-07-01T20:52:34Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > If homeopathy were any less effective, that would make it work! Exactly. The smaller the percentage of studies that show homeopathy works, the more effective it is. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-another-setback-for-homeopathy/913955/15 "2020-07-01T22:24:45Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Somewhere there’s a post doc or lab tech who’s still seething about having spent many hours measuring rat erections. Or someone found their dream job. ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_UnderDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@Backwater\_UnderDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_UnderDuck)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-another-setback-for-homeopathy/913955/16 "2020-07-02T01:23:42Z")
The research just petered out. ---
**Author:** ![TheKingOfSoup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@TheKingOfSoup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheKingOfSoup)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-another-setback-for-homeopathy/913955/17 "2020-07-05T00:28:53Z")
I don’t see the issue. In my experience, sooner or later penis enlargement is always followed by a retraction.