New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

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

The unique diamond-shaped tablets could 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 guys 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 came to the market in the 1990s after being developed by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark attorney at Mewburn Ellis, told the newspaper that the hallmark application is a ‘good indicator’ it will be offered within the next 5 years.

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

However, giving a hallmark would not guarantee the ODF might be offered and it would need to be by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency initially.

It’s anticipated to cost the like the tablet variation and to be offered 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 names Cialis and Levitra, were dished out by the health service in 2023

This follows dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain’s greatest fake drug after more than ₤ 6.2 countless fake blue pill were seized by UK regulators in 2023.

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

Health authorities stated online merchants flouting policies lagged the counterfeit products with a lot of being imported from nations like India without an appropriate licence.

Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare items Regulatory Agency (MHRA), show 2.6 million doses of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best known as Viagra, were confiscated in 2015.

Another half-million dosages of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug sold under the brand 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 additional active ingredients or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that might be unsafe.