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 replace the iconic – and quickly recognisable – little blue pill.

The distinctive diamond-shaped tablets might quickly be changed by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, implying it does not require to be taken with water.

About half of guys 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 came to the marketplace in the 1990s after being developed by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.

It was very first developed in the 1980s as a cardiovascular disease medication, however trial individuals discovered it had an uncommon side effect – frequent erections.

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

Viatris has actually already launched the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be more effective for lots of clients.

The unique tablets – which can cause shame for some patients – has been transformed and a new dissolvable type may be available to Brits in the next five years. Stock image

‘Tablets are not constantly tolerable to clients and also sometimes the size of tablets may put clients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health specialist, told The Telegraph.

She included: ‘Some guys may still be finding the concept of having Viagr embarrassing, however I would hope that men’s health and conversations about sexual health have moved on given that Viagra was first formulated.’

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

The brand-new dissolvable medication is believed to likely pertained to the UK imminently.

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

She explained trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a constant period of five years or more after registration. As an outcome, it appears Viatris plans to release the product within the next couple of years.

However, giving a hallmark would not ensure the ODF could be sold and it would have to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency initially.

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

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

This comes after dodgy Viagra was found to be Britain’s biggest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of fake blue pill were taken by UK regulators in 2023.

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

Health authorities said online merchants flouting guidelines were behind the counterfeit materials 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 of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best referred to as Viagra, were taken last year.

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

While all medications bring prospective negative effects drugs from undependable sources might either not work or bring extra components or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that could be unsafe.