New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

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

The distinctive diamond-shaped tablets might quickly be replaced by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, suggesting it does not need 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 first pertained to the market in the 1990s after being created by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

It was very first developed in the 1980s as a heart problem medication, but trial individuals observed it had an unusual negative effects – frequent erections.

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

Viatris has actually currently launched the Viagra ODF in Canada and advertised it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be more effective for numerous consumers.

The distinct tablets – which can cause shame for some patients – has actually been reinvented and a brand-new dissolvable type might be available to Brits in the next five years. Stock image

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

She included: ‘Some guys may still be finding the idea of having Viagr awkward, however I would hope that guys’s health and conversations about sexual health have actually carried on given that Viagra was first formulated.’

Ms Govind thinks this brand-new style 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 attorney at Mewburn Ellis, informed the newspaper that the trademark application is a ‘great indicator’ it will be offered within the next five years.

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

However, granting a would not ensure the ODF might be offered and it would need to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency first.

It’s anticipated to cost the like the tablet variation and to be available in the exact same dosages.

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

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

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

Health authorities said online sellers flouting regulations lagged the fake supplies with a lot of being imported from countries like India without an appropriate licence.

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

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

While all medications carry potential side effects drugs from undependable sources might either not work or bring extra ingredients or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that might be hazardous.