New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

The makers of Viagra are set to introduce a brand-new ‘discrete’ type of the drug that will replace the iconic – and immediately recognisable – little blue tablet.

The unique diamond-shaped tablets could soon be changed by a pink, rectangular ‘wafer’ that liquifies on the tongue, suggesting it does not require 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 initially pertained to 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 participants discovered it had an unusual adverse effects – regular 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 kind of the drug, Viagra ODF.

Viatris has currently introduced the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be preferable for numerous clients.

The distinctive tablets – which can cause embarrassment 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 always bearable to clients and likewise in some cases the size of tablets may put patients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health expert, told The Telegraph.

She added: ‘Some guys might still be discovering the concept of having Viagr embarrassing, however I would hope that males’s health and conversations about sexual health have actually moved on given that Viagra was first developed.’

Ms Govind believes this new style is a ‘positive step .

The new dissolvable medication is thought 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 sign’ it will be available within the next five years.

She explained trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not utilized for a constant period of 5 years or more after registration. As an outcome, it appears Viatris intends to release the item within the next couple of years.

However, granting a trademark would not guarantee the ODF could be sold and it would have to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency initially.

It’s expected to cost the like the tablet variation and to be offered in the very same doses.

An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more typically understood by the brand name Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs sold under the trademark name Cialis and Levitra, were dished out by the health service in 2023

This follows dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain’s most significant counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of phony blue tablet were taken by UK regulators in 2023.

More materials of the erectile dysfunction drug were discovered than knock-off variations of pain relievers like morphine.

Health officials said online merchants flouting regulations lagged the fake products with a lot of being imported from nations like India without a suitable 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 known as Viagra, were seized in 2015.

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 adverse effects drugs from unreliable sources might either not work or carry extra ingredients or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be unsafe.