New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

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

The distinctive diamond-shaped tablets might soon be replaced by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, indicating 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 initially pertained to the market in the 1990s after being created by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

It was very first established in the 1980s as a cardiovascular disease medication, but trial individuals noticed it had an unusual adverse effects – frequent erections.

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

Viatris has actually currently released the Viagra ODF in Canada and advertised it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be preferable for numerous consumers.

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

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

She included: ‘Some men may still be discovering the principle of having Viagr awkward, but I would hope that males’s health and discussions about sexual health have actually carried on given that Viagra was very first developed.’

Ms Govind believes this brand-new style is a ‘favorable action forward’.

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

Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark lawyer at Mewburn Ellis, informed the paper that the hallmark application is a ‘good indicator’ it will be available within the next 5 years.

She described trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a continuous duration of five years or more after registration. As a result, it appears Viatris plans to introduce the product within the next couple of years.

However, approving a hallmark would not guarantee the ODF could be offered and it would have to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency first.

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

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

This follows dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain’s greatest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 countless phony blue pill 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 stated online retailers flouting regulations lagged the fake products with a lot of being imported from nations like India without a suitable licence.

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

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

While all medications bring prospective adverse effects drugs from unreliable sources may either not work or carry extra ingredients or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that might be hazardous.