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New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill
The makers of Viagra are set to release a form of the drug that will replace the renowned – and instantly recognisable – little blue pill.
The distinctive diamond-shaped tablets might soon be changed by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that liquifies on the tongue, meaning it does not need to be taken with water.
About half of males 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 pertained to the marketplace in the 1990s after being developed by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
It was first developed in the 1980s as a cardiovascular disease medication, however trial individuals saw it had an uncommon adverse effects – frequent 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 actually already introduced the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be more effective for lots of customers.
The unique tablets – which can trigger shame for some patients – has actually been reinvented and a brand-new dissolvable type might be readily available to Brits in the next five years. Stock image
‘Tablets are not always bearable to clients and also in some cases the size of tablets may put patients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health expert, told The Telegraph.
She included: ‘Some guys might still be finding the principle of having Viagr embarrassing, however I would hope that males’s health and conversations about sexual health have proceeded considering that Viagra was first created.’
Ms Govind believes this brand-new design is a ‘favorable action forward’.
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, informed the newspaper that the trademark application is a ‘great indication’ it will be available within the next five years.
She discussed trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not utilized for a continuous period of five years or more after registration. As a result, it appears Viatris plans to launch the item within the next few years.
However, giving a trademark would not ensure the ODF might be offered and it would have to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency first.
It’s expected to cost the like the tablet variation and to be available in the same doses.
An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more commonly understood by the brand Viagra, and other kinds of impotency drugs sold under the trademark name Cialis and Levitra, were dispensed by the health service in 2023
This comes after dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain’s most significant counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 countless phony blue pill were taken by UK regulators in 2023.
More materials of the erectile dysfunction drug were discovered than knock-off variations of painkillers like morphine.
Health officials said online retailers flouting policies were behind the fake materials with many being imported from nations like India without a suitable licence.
Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare items Regulatory Agency (MHRA), show 2.6 million doses of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best referred to as Viagra, were confiscated last year.
Another half-million dosages of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug sold under the brand name Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were also taken.
While all medications carry prospective side effects drugs from undependable sources may either not work or bring additional active ingredients or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that might be unsafe.