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New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill
The makers of Viagra are set to introduce a brand-new ‘discrete’ type of the drug that will replace the renowned – and quickly recognisable – little blue tablet.
The unique diamond-shaped tablets could quickly be changed by a pink, rectangular ‘wafer’ that liquifies on the tongue, implying it does not require 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 initially came to the marketplace in the 1990s after being created by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
It was very first developed in the 1980s as a heart disease medication, but trial participants discovered it had an uncommon side result – regular erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand, has used for a hallmark in the UK for the new form of the drug, Viagra ODF.
Viatris has actually currently released the Viagra ODF in Canada and promoted it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be preferable for many consumers.
The unique tablets – which can cause shame for some patients – has actually been reinvented and a brand-new dissolvable type may be offered to Brits in the next 5 years. Stock image
‘Tablets are not always tolerable to patients and also sometimes the size of tablets may put patients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health expert, informed The Telegraph.
She included: ‘Some men might still be discovering the principle of having Viagr embarrassing, but I would hope that males’s health and conversations about sexual health have actually proceeded because Viagra was very first developed.’
Ms Govind believes this brand-new style is a ‘favorable advance’.
The brand-new dissolvable medication is believed to most likely pertained to the UK imminently.
Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark lawyer at Mewburn Ellis, told the newspaper that the trademark application is a ‘excellent sign’ it will be offered within the next five years.
She discussed trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a continuous duration of five years or more after registration. As an outcome, it seems Viatris plans to introduce the product within the next few years.
However, approving a trademark would not ensure the ODF could be offered and it would have to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency initially.
It’s anticipated to cost the like the tablet version and to be offered in the same doses.
An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more commonly understood by the brand name Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs offered under the brand Cialis and Levitra, were dished out by the health service in 2023
This comes after dodgy Viagra was found to be Britain’s greatest 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 discovered than knock-off versions of painkillers like morphine.
Health officials said online retailers flouting guidelines lagged the fake materials with a lot of being imported from countries like India without a .
Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), reveal 2.6 million doses of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best called Viagra, were taken in 2015.
Another half-million doses of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug sold under the brand name Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were also seized.
While all medications bring potential negative effects drugs from unreliable sources may either not work or carry additional ingredients or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that could be hazardous.