New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

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

The unique diamond-shaped tablets could soon be replaced by a pink, rectangular ‘wafer’ that liquifies on the tongue, suggesting it does not require to be taken with water.

About half of men 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 created by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.

It was very first established in the 1980s as a cardiovascular disease medication, however trial participants saw it had an uncommon negative 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 type of the drug, Viagra ODF.

Viatris has already launched the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be preferable for many consumers.

The unique tablets – which can trigger humiliation for some clients – has actually been transformed and a brand-new dissolvable type might be readily available to Brits in the next 5 years. Stock image

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

She added: ‘Some males might still be finding the idea of having Viagr embarrassing, but I would hope that males’s health and conversations about sexual health have moved on given that Viagra was very first created.’

Ms Govind believes this new design is a ‘positive step forward’.

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

Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark lawyer at Mewburn Ellis, told the paper that the hallmark application is a ‘good indication’ it will be available within the next five years.

She discussed 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 intends to introduce the product within the next couple of years.

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

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

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

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

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

Health authorities stated online sellers flouting policies were behind the counterfeit materials with many being imported from countries like India without a proper licence.

Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare items Regulatory Agency (MHRA), show 2.6 million dosages 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 carry possible negative effects drugs from unreliable sources might either not work or bring additional active ingredients or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be unsafe.