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New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill
The makers of Viagra are set to release a new ‘discrete’ kind of the drug that will replace the iconic – and instantly recognisable – little blue tablet.
The unique diamond-shaped tablets could quickly be changed by a pink, rectangular ‘wafer’ that liquifies on the tongue, indicating it does not need to be taken with water.
About half of males 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 first came to the marketplace in the 1990s after being invented by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
It was very first developed in the 1980s as a cardiovascular disease medication, however trial participants discovered it had an uncommon adverse effects – regular erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand, has actually applied for a trademark in the UK for the new kind of the drug, Viagra ODF.
Viatris has actually already introduced the Viagra ODF in Canada and promoted it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be more effective for lots of clients.
The distinctive tablets – which can cause shame for some patients – has actually been reinvented and a brand-new dissolvable type might be readily available to Brits in the next 5 years. Stock image
‘Tablets are not constantly bearable to clients and likewise often the size of tablets might put clients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health expert, informed The Telegraph.
She included: ‘Some guys might still be discovering the concept of having Viagr humiliating, however I would hope that men’s health and discussions about sexual health have actually carried on considering that Viagra was very first created.’
Ms Govind believes this new design is a ‘positive action forward’.
The brand-new dissolvable medication is believed to most likely come to the UK imminently.
Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark attorney at Mewburn Ellis, told the paper that the trademark application is a ‘great indicator’ it will be offered within the next 5 years.
She explained trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not utilized for a continuous duration of five years or more after registration. As a result, it appears Viatris plans to launch the product within the next couple of years.
However, granting a trademark would not guarantee the ODF could be sold and it would have to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency initially.
It’s to cost the same as the tablet variation and to be readily available in the same dosages.
A total of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more frequently known by the brand name Viagra, and other kinds of impotency drugs offered under the trademark name Cialis and Levitra, were dispensed by the health service in 2023
This follows dodgy Viagra was found to be Britain’s biggest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 countless phony blue tablet were seized by UK regulators in 2023.
More materials of the erectile dysfunction drug were found than knock-off versions of pain relievers like morphine.
Health officials stated online merchants flouting guidelines were behind the counterfeit products with a lot of being imported from countries like India without a proper licence.
Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare items Regulatory Agency (MHRA), show 2.6 million doses of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best understood as Viagra, were taken last year.
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 bring possible side results drugs from unreliable sources might either not work or carry extra ingredients or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that could be dangerous.