New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

The makers of Viagra are set to launch a new ‘discrete’ kind of the drug that will replace the renowned – and quickly recognisable – little blue pill.

The unique diamond-shaped tablets could quickly be replaced by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, meaning it does not need 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 for Viagra on the NHS.

The drug initially pertained to the market 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 individuals noticed it had an uncommon side effect – frequent erections.

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

Viatris has already released the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be more suitable for many consumers.

The distinctive tablets – which can cause humiliation for some clients – has been transformed and a brand-new dissolvable type may be available to Brits in the next five years. Stock image

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

She added: ‘Some males may still be finding the idea of having Viagr humiliating, but I would hope that males’s health and discussions about sexual health have proceeded considering that Viagra was very first created.’

Ms Govind believes this new style is a ‘positive action forward’.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Health authorities stated online retailers flouting regulations lagged the fake supplies with a lot of being imported from countries like India without a suitable licence.

Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare items Regulatory Agency (MHRA), reveal 2.6 million dosages of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best referred to as Viagra, were seized in 2015.

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

While all medications bring possible side effects drugs from undependable sources may either not work or bring extra ingredients or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be unsafe.