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 iconic – and quickly recognisable – little blue tablet.

The distinct diamond-shaped tablets might quickly be changed by a pink, rectangular ‘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 initially concerned the marketplace in the 1990s after being created by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

It was first developed in the 1980s as a cardiovascular disease medication, but trial individuals discovered it had an unusual side impact – frequent erections.

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

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

The unique which can cause humiliation for some patients – has been reinvented and a brand-new dissolvable type may be offered to Brits in the next five years. Stock image

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

She included: ‘Some men may still be finding the concept of having Viagr humiliating, however I would hope that males’s health and discussions about sexual health have proceeded since Viagra was first created.’

Ms Govind thinks this brand-new design 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 lawyer at Mewburn Ellis, informed the paper that the hallmark application is a ‘excellent indicator’ it will be 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 an outcome, it appears Viatris means to launch the product within the next few years.

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

It’s anticipated to cost the like the tablet version and to be available in the very same doses.

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

This comes after dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain’s biggest fake drug after more than ₤ 6.2 countless phony blue tablet were seized by UK regulators in 2023.

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

Health officials said online retailers flouting policies lagged the counterfeit supplies 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), reveal 2.6 million dosages of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best referred to as Viagra, were taken in 2015.

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

While all medications bring possible negative effects drugs from unreliable sources may either not work or bring extra active ingredients or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be hazardous.