New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

The makers of Viagra are set to release a new ‘discrete’ form of the drug that will replace the iconic – and quickly recognisable – little blue tablet.

The distinctive diamond-shaped tablets could soon 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 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 first came to the market in the 1990s after being invented by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.

It was very first established in the 1980s as a heart problem medication, however trial individuals discovered it had an uncommon side effect – frequent erections.

Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand, has actually looked for a hallmark in the UK for the brand-new type of the drug, Viagra ODF.

Viatris has actually already launched the Viagra ODF in Canada and advertised it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be more suitable for many clients.

The distinctive tablets – which can trigger shame for some patients – has actually been transformed and a brand-new dissolvable type might be available to Brits in the next 5 years. Stock image

‘Tablets are not always bearable to clients and likewise sometimes the size of tablets might put patients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health expert, told The Telegraph.

She added: ‘Some men might still be discovering the concept of having Viagr embarrassing, however I would hope that males’s health and discussions about sexual health have actually proceeded because Viagra was first developed.’

Ms Govind believes this new style is a ‘positive advance’.

The new dissolvable medication is believed to most likely concerned the UK imminently.

Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark attorney at Mewburn Ellis, told the that the hallmark application is a ‘excellent indicator’ it will be available within the next 5 years.

She described trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a continuous duration of five years or more after registration. As an outcome, it appears Viatris means to introduce the product within the next couple of years.

However, granting a trademark would not guarantee the ODF might be sold and it would have to be approved 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 dosages.

An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more typically 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 fake drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of fake blue pill were taken by UK regulators in 2023.

More materials of the erectile dysfunction drug were found than knock-off variations of painkillers like morphine.

Health authorities said online sellers flouting guidelines were behind the fake products with the majority of being imported from countries like India without an appropriate 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 called Viagra, were taken 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 bring prospective adverse effects drugs from unreliable sources may either not work or carry additional ingredients or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be hazardous.