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New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill
The makers of Viagra are set to release a brand-new ‘discrete’ type of the drug that will replace the renowned – and instantly recognisable – little blue tablet.
The unique diamond-shaped tablets could quickly be changed by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, suggesting 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 initially concerned the marketplace in the 1990s after being created by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
It was first established in the 1980s as a heart illness medication, but trial individuals saw it had an unusual side impact – regular erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand, has looked for a hallmark in the UK for the new type of the drug, Viagra ODF.
Viatris has already the Viagra ODF in Canada and advertised it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be more suitable for many clients.
The distinct tablets – which can cause humiliation for some patients – has actually been transformed 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 patients and also in some cases the size of tablets might put clients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health expert, told The Telegraph.
She included: ‘Some males may still be finding the principle of having Viagr embarrassing, however I would hope that men’s health and conversations about sexual health have actually carried on since Viagra was very first created.’
Ms Govind believes this new style is a ‘favorable advance’.
The brand-new dissolvable medication is believed to likely concerned the UK imminently.
Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark attorney at Mewburn Ellis, told the paper that the trademark application is a ‘excellent indication’ it will be available within the next five years.
She described trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not utilized for a constant duration of five years or more after registration. As a result, it appears Viatris means to introduce the item within the next few years.
However, approving a trademark would not guarantee the ODF could be sold and it would have to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency initially.
It’s anticipated 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 commonly understood by the brand name Viagra, and other kinds of impotency drugs offered under the brand Cialis and Levitra, were dispensed by the health service in 2023
This follows dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain’s biggest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of phony blue pill were seized by UK regulators in 2023.
More supplies of the erectile dysfunction drug were found than knock-off variations of pain relievers like morphine.
Health officials stated online retailers flouting policies lagged the counterfeit products with a lot of being imported from nations like India without a proper licence.
Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), reveal 2.6 million dosages of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best understood as Viagra, were seized 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 carry possible side results drugs from unreliable sources might either not work or carry additional active ingredients or contaminants like heavy metals or other drugs that might be harmful.