New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

The makers of Viagra are set to release a brand-new ‘discrete’ kind of the drug that will change the iconic – and instantly recognisable – little blue pill.

The distinctive diamond-shaped tablets might quickly be replaced by a pink, rectangular ‘wafer’ that liquifies on the tongue, meaning it does not need to be taken with water.

About half of men 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 first concerned the marketplace in the 1990s after being created by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

It was first established in the 1980s as a cardiovascular disease medication, however trial individuals observed it had an uncommon side impact – regular erections.

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

Viatris has currently introduced the Viagra ODF in Canada and promoted it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be preferable for many consumers.

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

‘Tablets are not constantly tolerable to patients and also in some cases the size of tablets might put patients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health professional, informed The Telegraph.

She added: ‘Some males might still be finding the idea of having Viagr humiliating, but I would hope that guys’s health and discussions about sexual health have actually proceeded since Viagra was very first created.’

Ms Govind thinks this new design is a ‘favorable action forward’.

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

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

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

However, granting a hallmark 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 exact same as the tablet version and to be available in the same doses.

A total of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more frequently known by the brand 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 discovered to be Britain’s greatest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of fake blue tablet were seized by UK regulators in 2023.

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

Health officials said online sellers flouting regulations were behind the fake materials with many being imported from countries like India without a proper licence.

Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare items Agency (MHRA), reveal 2.6 million doses of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best referred to as Viagra, were confiscated last year.

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

While all medications bring potential adverse effects drugs from unreliable sources might either not work or bring additional ingredients or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be hazardous.