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 change the iconic – and immediately recognisable – little blue tablet.

The distinct diamond-shaped tablets might soon be replaced by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that liquifies on the tongue, indicating 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 concerned the market in the 1990s after being developed by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

It was very first developed in the 1980s as a heart problem medication, however trial individuals discovered it had an unusual negative effects – regular erections.

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

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

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

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

She added: ‘Some males might still be finding the concept of having Viagr awkward, but I would hope that guys’s health and discussions about sexual health have carried on since Viagra was first developed.’

Ms Govind thinks this brand-new style is a ‘favorable advance’.

The brand-new dissolvable medication is thought to likely come to the UK imminently.

Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark lawyer at Mewburn Ellis, informed the paper that the hallmark application is a ‘excellent sign’ it will be available within the next five years.

She discussed trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not utilized for a constant period of five years or more after registration. As a result, it seems Viatris intends to launch the item within the next couple of years.

However, granting a hallmark would not ensure the ODF might be sold and it would need to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare items initially.

It’s anticipated to cost the like the tablet version and to be readily available in the exact same dosages.

An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more frequently understood by the trademark name Viagra, and other kinds of impotency drugs offered under the brand name names Cialis and Levitra, were dispensed by the health service in 2023

This follows dodgy Viagra was found to be Britain’s most significant fake drug after more than ₤ 6.2 countless fake blue tablet were taken by UK regulators in 2023.

More supplies of the erectile dysfunction drug were found than knock-off versions of pain relievers like morphine.

Health officials said online sellers flouting policies were behind the fake materials with a lot 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 doses of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best known as Viagra, were confiscated in 2015.

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

While all medications bring potential negative effects drugs from unreliable sources may either not work or carry additional components or contaminants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be hazardous.