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New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill
The makers of Viagra are set to launch a brand-new ‘discrete’ type of the drug that will change the renowned – and instantly recognisable – little blue tablet.
The distinct diamond-shaped tablets could quickly be replaced by a pink, rectangular ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, implying it does not need to be taken with water.
About half of guys over 40 suffer erectile dysfunction in the UK and in 2015 there was a record 4.57 million prescriptions for Viagra on the NHS.
The drug first came to the market in the 1990s after being created by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
It was very first developed in the 1980s as a cardiovascular disease medication, however trial participants noticed it had an unusual side result – regular erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand, has requested a hallmark in the UK for the new kind of the drug, Viagra ODF.
Viatris has currently introduced the Viagra ODF in Canada and promoted it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be more effective for numerous customers.
The unique tablets – which can cause embarrassment for some patients – has actually been transformed and a new dissolvable type might be available to Brits in the next five years. Stock image
‘Tablets are not always bearable to patients and likewise often the size of tablets might put patients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health professional, informed The Telegraph.
She included: ‘Some males might still be discovering the concept of having Viagr embarrassing, however I would hope that guys’s health and conversations about sexual health have actually proceeded since Viagra was very first formulated.’
Ms Govind believes this new style is a ‘positive advance’.
The new dissolvable medication is believed to likely concerned the UK imminently.
Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark lawyer at Mewburn Ellis, informed the newspaper that the trademark application is a ‘great sign’ it will be available within the next 5 years.
She described trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a continuous duration of 5 years or more after registration. As an outcome, it appears Viatris means to release the product within the next couple of years.
However, giving a hallmark would not the ODF might be sold and it would need to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency first.
It’s anticipated to cost the same as the tablet version and to be offered in the same doses.
A total of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more frequently known by the trademark name Viagra, and other kinds of impotency drugs offered under the trademark name Cialis and Levitra, were dished out by the health service in 2023
This comes after dodgy Viagra was found to be Britain’s most significant counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of fake blue tablet were seized by UK regulators in 2023.
More supplies of the erectile dysfunction drug were found than knock-off versions of painkillers like morphine.
Health officials stated online merchants flouting regulations were behind the counterfeit materials with many 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 dosages of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best referred to as Viagra, were taken in 2015.
Another half-million dosages of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug offered under the brand Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were likewise taken.
While all medications carry prospective adverse effects drugs from undependable sources might either not work or bring extra ingredients or contaminants like heavy metals or other drugs that might be dangerous.