# What's the Straight Dope on HeightMax?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-heightmax/288717
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [February 6, 2005, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-heightmax/288717 "2005-02-06T23:37:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2005, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-heightmax/288717/1 "2005-02-06T23:37:37Z")
On this site: [http://www.heightmax.com/reasontotrykz4.htm](http://www.heightmax.com/reasontotrykz4.htm) , it says that is can make young adults 12 to 25 grow taller.
Is this true? Does it really work?
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### Author:  [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-heightmax/288717/2 "2005-02-06T23:46:05Z")
It’s a $2 a day vitamin pill. Nothing else.
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### Author:  [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-heightmax/288717/3 "2005-02-06T23:48:21Z")
Nobody can answer the question. It’s being marketed as a ‘supplement’, which means it doesn’t have to go through any of the stringent tests for medical products. All that they’re liable for is being sued for not living up to the promises they make. And you can guarantee there’s enough small print for them to wriggle out of anything.
Plus, the home company is [www.shntech.com](http://www.shntech.com) - and their ‘support & service’ page is under construction. :dubious:
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### Author:  [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-heightmax/288717/4 "2005-02-07T01:40:05Z")
No, it’s very simple to answer the question.
Just ask yourself: how is it advertised?
Is it advertised solely on the internet? Through newspaper ads? On television infomercials? Do you ever see ads with small print listing all known side effects and other data from scientific testing?
If the answer is yes to the first three and no to the last, then it’s a fraud. Simple as that.
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### Author:  [@rfgdxm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rfgdxm)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-heightmax/288717/5 "2005-02-07T01:54:35Z")
> [@DarkSideoftheFloyd](#):
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> On this site: [http://www.heightmax.com/reasontotrykz4.htm](http://www.heightmax.com/reasontotrykz4.htm) , it says that is can make young adults 12 to 25 grow taller.
>
> Is this true? Does it really work?
I get lots of e-mail spam about how to make my penis many inches larger. My guess is you should just hit the delete key quick, and don’t believe this.
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### Author:  [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2005, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-heightmax/288717/6 "2005-02-07T02:07:46Z")
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If it sounds too good to be true, its NOT some great medical miracle that has escaped widespread public attention. Its a bullshit scam.