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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’ form of the drug that will replace the iconic – and immediately recognisable – little blue tablet.
The distinctive diamond-shaped tablets might soon be changed by a pink, rectangular ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, meaning it does not need to be taken with water.
About half of males 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 pertained to the market in the 1990s after being developed by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
It was first established in the 1980s as a heart disease medication, but trial individuals saw it had an uncommon adverse effects – frequent erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand name, has actually requested a hallmark in the UK for the brand-new type of the drug, Viagra ODF.
Viatris has actually currently released the Viagra ODF in Canada and advertised it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be preferable for numerous customers.
The distinctive tablets – which can trigger humiliation for some patients – has been transformed and a brand-new dissolvable type may be offered to Brits in the next five years. Stock image
‘Tablets are not constantly tolerable to clients and also often the size of tablets may put clients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health expert, informed The Telegraph.
She included: ‘Some males may still be finding the idea of having Viagr embarrassing, however I would hope that guys’s health and conversations about sexual health have actually proceeded because Viagra was first developed.’
Ms Govind believes this brand-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 attorney at Mewburn Ellis, told the paper that the hallmark application is a ‘good sign’ it will be offered within the next 5 years.
She described trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a constant duration of five years or more after registration. As a result, it appears Viatris means to release the product within the next couple of years.
However, granting a trademark would not guarantee the ODF could be sold and it would need to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency initially.
It’s anticipated to cost the like the tablet variation and to be available in the same doses.
A total of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more typically known by the brand Viagra, and other kinds of impotency drugs offered under the trademark name Cialis and Levitra, were dispensed by the health service in 2023
This comes after dodgy Viagra was found to be Britain’s greatest fake drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of tablet were taken by UK regulators in 2023.
More supplies of the erectile dysfunction drug were discovered than knock-off versions of pain relievers like morphine.
Health officials said online retailers flouting regulations lagged the fake materials with the majority of being imported from countries 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 known as Viagra, were seized last year.
Another half-million dosages of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug offered under the brand Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were also taken.
While all medications bring possible side impacts drugs from unreliable sources may either not work or bring extra ingredients or contaminants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be harmful.
