New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

The makers of Viagra are set to launch a new ‘discrete’ type of the drug that will change the iconic – and quickly recognisable – little blue pill.

The distinctive diamond-shaped tablets could quickly be replaced by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, implying it does not need to be taken with water.

About half of men over 40 suffer erectile dysfunction in the UK and last year there was a record 4.57 million prescriptions for Viagra on the NHS.

The drug initially concerned the market in the 1990s after being created by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.

It was first established in the 1980s as a cardiovascular disease medication, but trial individuals saw it had an uncommon negative effects – frequent erections.

Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand name, has requested a hallmark in the UK for the brand-new kind of the drug, Viagra ODF.

Viatris has actually already introduced the Viagra ODF in Canada and it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be more suitable for many customers.

The unique tablets – which can cause embarrassment for some patients – has actually been transformed and a new dissolvable type might be readily available to Brits in the next 5 years. Stock image

‘Tablets are not constantly tolerable to patients and likewise often the size of tablets might put patients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health professional, told The Telegraph.

She added: ‘Some men might still be finding the idea of having Viagr embarrassing, but I would hope that males’s health and discussions about sexual health have proceeded given that Viagra was first developed.’

Ms Govind believes this brand-new design is a ‘favorable step forward’.

The new dissolvable medication is thought to most likely concerned the UK imminently.

Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark lawyer at Mewburn Ellis, told the newspaper that the hallmark application is a ‘excellent indication’ it will be available within the next 5 years.

She explained trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a constant duration of 5 years or more after registration. As a result, it appears Viatris means to launch the item within the next couple of years.

However, giving a trademark would not guarantee the ODF might be sold and it would have to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency first.

It’s anticipated to cost the like the tablet variation and to be offered in the exact same dosages.

An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more frequently understood by the trademark name Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs sold under the brand Cialis and Levitra, were dished out by the health service in 2023

This comes after dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain’s most significant counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of phony blue tablet were taken by UK regulators in 2023.

More supplies of the erectile dysfunction drug were found than knock-off versions of pain relievers like morphine.

Health authorities stated online merchants flouting regulations were behind the counterfeit supplies with a lot of being imported from countries like India without a proper licence.

Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), show 2.6 million doses of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best known as Viagra, were taken in 2015.

Another half-million dosages of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug offered under the brand name Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were likewise seized.

While all medications carry prospective negative effects drugs from unreliable sources might either not work or bring extra ingredients or contaminants like heavy metals or other drugs that might be hazardous.