New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

The makers of Viagra are set to launch a brand-new ‘discrete’ type of the drug that will change the iconic – and quickly recognisable – little blue tablet.

The distinctive diamond-shaped tablets might quickly be replaced by a pink, rectangular ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, suggesting it does not require 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 initially pertained to the marketplace in the 1990s after being created by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

It was first in the 1980s as a heart problem medication, however trial individuals observed it had an unusual side impact – frequent erections.

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

Viatris has actually currently launched the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be more suitable for numerous customers.

The distinct tablets – which can trigger shame for some clients – has actually been reinvented and a brand-new dissolvable type might be offered to Brits in the next five years. Stock image

‘Tablets are not always bearable to clients and also 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 discovering the concept of having Viagr embarrassing, however I would hope that men’s health and discussions about sexual health have carried on given that Viagra was first formulated.’

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

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

Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark attorney at Mewburn Ellis, informed the newspaper that the hallmark application is a ‘good indication’ it will be offered within the next five years.

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

However, granting a hallmark would not guarantee the ODF could be offered and it would need to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency initially.

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

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

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

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

Health officials stated online merchants flouting regulations were behind the fake materials with most being imported from countries like India without a suitable licence.

Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), show 2.6 million doses of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best called Viagra, were confiscated last year.

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

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