New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

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

The distinct diamond-shaped tablets might soon 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 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 initially came to the marketplace in the 1990s after being invented by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.

It was very first established in the 1980s as a cardiovascular disease medication, however trial participants discovered it had an 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 brand-new kind of the drug, Viagra ODF.

Viatris has currently launched the Viagra ODF in Canada and advertised it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be more suitable for many customers.

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

‘Tablets are not constantly bearable to patients and likewise sometimes the size of tablets may put patients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health professional, told The Telegraph.

She added: ‘Some males might still be discovering the concept of having Viagr humiliating, however I would hope that guys’s health and discussions about sexual health have actually moved on because Viagra was first formulated.’

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

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, informed the newspaper that the hallmark application is a ‘great indication’ it will be readily available within the next 5 years.

She explained trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a continuous duration of 5 years or more after registration. As a result, it seems Viatris means to introduce the item within the next couple of years.

However, approving a hallmark would not guarantee the ODF might be offered and it would have to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency first.

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

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

This follows dodgy Viagra was found to be Britain’s biggest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of fake blue tablet were seized 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 said online merchants flouting policies lagged the fake materials with the majority of being imported from nations like India without an appropriate licence.

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

Another half-million doses of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug offered under the brand Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were also taken.

While all medications bring potential negative effects drugs from undependable sources may either not work or bring extra active ingredients or contaminants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be unsafe.