New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

The makers of Viagra are set to introduce a brand-new ‘discrete’ kind of the drug that will change the renowned – and quickly recognisable – little blue tablet.

The distinctive diamond-shaped tablets could quickly be replaced by a pink, rectangular ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, meaning 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 concerned the market in the 1990s after being invented by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.

It was very first developed in the 1980s as a heart problem medication, however trial participants noticed it had an unusual side effect – frequent erections.

Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand, has actually made an application for a trademark in the UK for the new form of the drug, Viagra ODF.

Viatris has actually already released the Viagra ODF in Canada and promoted it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be more effective for numerous clients.

The unique tablets – which can cause embarrassment for some patients – has actually been reinvented and a brand-new dissolvable type might be readily available to Brits in the next 5 years. Stock image

‘Tablets are not always bearable to patients and also sometimes the size of tablets may put patients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health professional, informed The Telegraph.

She included: ‘Some males may still be finding the concept of having Viagr humiliating, but I would hope that guys’s health and discussions about sexual health have actually carried on considering that Viagra was very first created.’

Ms Govind thinks this brand-new style is a ‘positive action forward’.

The new dissolvable medication is believed to most likely come to 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 indicator’ it will be readily available within the next 5 years.

She discussed trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not utilized for a continuous period of 5 years or more after registration. As a result, it appears Viatris intends to release the product within the next few years.

However, giving a hallmark 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 expected to cost the exact same as the tablet version and to be available in the exact same dosages.

An overall 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 dished out by the health service in 2023

This comes after dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain’s greatest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 countless fake blue pill 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 authorities said online sellers flouting policies were behind the counterfeit materials with a lot of being imported from nations like India without an appropriate licence.

Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), show 2.6 million dosages of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best known as Viagra, were confiscated in 2015.

Another half-million dosages of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug offered under the brand name Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were likewise seized.

While all medications carry prospective side effects drugs from unreliable sources might either not work or bring additional ingredients or contaminants like or other drugs that might be hazardous.