New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

The makers of Viagra are set to release a new ‘discrete’ type of the drug that will replace the iconic – and instantly recognisable – little blue pill.

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

About half of males 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 created by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

It was very first developed in the 1980s as a heart illness medication, however trial individuals saw it had an uncommon side result – regular 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 kind of the drug, Viagra ODF.

Viatris has already released the Viagra ODF in Canada and promoted it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be preferable for numerous customers.

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

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

She added: ‘Some guys may still be discovering the idea of having Viagr awkward, but I would hope that men’s health and conversations about sexual health have actually carried on since Viagra was very first formulated.’

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

The new dissolvable medication is thought to likely pertained 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 offered within the next 5 years.

She described trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a constant period of 5 years or more after registration. As an outcome, it appears Viatris plans to introduce the product within the next few years.

However, giving a hallmark would not ensure the ODF might be sold and it would need to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency first.

It’s expected to cost the like the tablet variation and to be offered in the exact same dosages.

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

This follows dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain’s greatest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of phony blue tablet were taken by UK regulators in 2023.

More materials of the erectile dysfunction drug were discovered than knock-off variations of pain relievers like morphine.

Health officials stated online sellers flouting guidelines were behind the fake supplies with many being imported from nations like India without an appropriate licence.

Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare items Regulatory Agency (MHRA), reveal 2.6 million doses of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best referred to as 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 likewise seized.

While all medications carry adverse effects drugs from undependable sources may either not work or bring additional components or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that might be hazardous.