New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

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

The unique diamond-shaped tablets could quickly be replaced by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, indicating 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 initially concerned the marketplace in the 1990s after being developed by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.

It was very first developed in the 1980s as a heart illness medication, however trial participants noticed it had an uncommon side impact – frequent erections.

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

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

The unique tablets – which can cause shame for some clients – has been transformed and a new dissolvable type might be available to Brits in the next 5 years. Stock image

‘Tablets are not always to patients and also sometimes the size of tablets might put patients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health expert, informed The Telegraph.

She added: ‘Some males may still be discovering the idea of having Viagr awkward, however I would hope that guys’s health and conversations about sexual health have moved on given that Viagra was very first developed.’

Ms Govind believes this new design is a ‘favorable advance’.

The brand-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 newspaper that the hallmark application is a ‘great sign’ it will be offered within the next five years.

She described trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a constant duration of 5 years or more after registration. As a result, it appears Viatris means to launch the product within the next couple of years.

However, giving a trademark would not guarantee the ODF might be offered and it would have to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency first.

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

A total of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more typically understood by the brand name Viagra, and other kinds of impotency drugs offered under the brand names Cialis and Levitra, were dished out by the health service in 2023

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

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

Health officials stated online sellers flouting guidelines lagged the counterfeit products with a lot of being imported from countries like India without a proper licence.

Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), show 2.6 million dosages of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best called Viagra, were taken in 2015.

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

While all medications carry possible adverse effects drugs from undependable sources may either not work or bring additional components or contaminants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be dangerous.