New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

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

The distinct 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 males 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 concerned the marketplace in the 1990s after being developed 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 uncommon adverse effects – regular erections.

Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand, has made an application for a trademark in the UK for the brand-new kind of the drug, Viagra ODF.

Viatris has actually currently introduced the Viagra ODF in Canada and advertised it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be preferable for many clients.

The unique tablets – which can trigger shame for some patients – has been reinvented and a brand-new dissolvable type may be offered to Brits in the next five years. Stock image

‘Tablets are not constantly tolerable to patients and also often the size of tablets may put patients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health expert, told The Telegraph.

She added: ‘Some men may still be discovering the idea of having Viagr humiliating, but I would hope that guys’s health and conversations about sexual health have moved on considering that Viagra was very first .’

Ms Govind thinks this new design is a ‘favorable advance’.

The brand-new dissolvable medication is believed to likely concerned 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 indicator’ it will be available 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 appears Viatris means to introduce the item within the next few years.

However, giving a hallmark would not guarantee the ODF could be offered and it would have to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency first.

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

A total of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more commonly known by the brand name Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs sold under the brand names Cialis and Levitra, were dispensed by the health service in 2023

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

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

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

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

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

While all medications bring potential negative effects drugs from unreliable sources may either not work or carry extra components or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that could be hazardous.