New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

The makers of Viagra are set to introduce a new ‘discrete’ kind of the drug that will replace the iconic – and immediately recognisable – little blue tablet.

The distinct diamond-shaped tablets could quickly be changed by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that liquifies 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 concerned the marketplace in the 1990s after being invented by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

It was first established in the 1980s as a heart illness medication, but trial individuals saw it had an unusual negative effects – regular erections.

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

Viatris has actually already introduced the Viagra ODF in Canada and advertised it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be more effective for lots of clients.

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

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

She added: ‘Some men might still be discovering the concept of having Viagr embarrassing, however I would hope that guys’s health and conversations about sexual health have actually proceeded since Viagra was first created.’

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

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

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

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

However, granting a hallmark would not guarantee the ODF might be sold and it would have to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency initially.

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

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

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

More materials of the drug were discovered than knock-off variations of painkillers like morphine.

Health officials stated online retailers flouting guidelines were behind the counterfeit supplies with most being imported from countries like India without a proper 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 understood 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 also taken.

While all medications bring possible negative effects drugs from undependable sources may either not work or bring additional active ingredients or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that might be dangerous.