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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 renowned – and quickly recognisable – little blue tablet.
The distinct diamond-shaped tablets might soon be changed by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that liquifies on the tongue, suggesting it does not need to be taken with water.
About half of men 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 initially came to the marketplace in the 1990s after being developed by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
It was very first developed in the 1980s as a cardiovascular disease medication, however trial individuals saw it had an uncommon side effect – 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 already launched the Viagra ODF in Canada and advertised it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be more suitable for many consumers.
The distinct tablets – which can cause humiliation for some clients – has actually been reinvented and a new dissolvable type may be available to Brits in the next five years. Stock image
‘Tablets are not always bearable to clients and also in some cases the size of tablets may put clients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health specialist, told The Telegraph.
She added: ‘Some guys may still be discovering the principle of having Viagr humiliating, but I would hope that guys’s health and conversations about sexual health have carried on since Viagra was very first created.’
Ms Govind believes this new design is a ‘positive step forward’.
The new dissolvable medication is thought to likely pertained to the UK imminently.
Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark attorney at Mewburn Ellis, told the paper that the trademark application is a ‘good sign’ 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 period of 5 years or more after registration. As an outcome, it appears Viatris intends to introduce the item within the next few years.
However, approving a trademark would not guarantee the ODF might be offered and it would need to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency first.
It’s expected to cost the like the tablet variation and to be offered in the 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 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 biggest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of phony blue tablet were taken by UK regulators in 2023.
More products of the erectile dysfunction drug were found than knock-off versions of pain relievers like morphine.
Health officials said online merchants flouting policies were behind the fake materials with many being imported from nations 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 referred to as 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 likewise seized.
While all medications bring prospective side effects drugs from unreliable sources may either not work or bring extra components or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be dangerous.