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 pill.

The unique diamond-shaped tablets could quickly be replaced by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that liquifies on the tongue, implying it does not need 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 business Pfizer.

It was very first developed in the 1980s as a cardiovascular disease medication, but trial participants saw it had an uncommon negative effects – frequent erections.

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

Viatris has actually already launched the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be more suitable for numerous clients.

The distinctive tablets – which can cause shame for some patients – has been transformed and a new dissolvable type may be readily available to Brits in the next 5 years. Stock image

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

She added: ‘Some guys might still be finding the idea of having Viagr awkward, but I would hope that men’s health and conversations about sexual health have actually carried on considering that Viagra was very first formulated.’

Ms Govind thinks this new style 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, told the paper that the trademark application is a ‘good indication’ it will be available within the next five years.

She explained trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a continuous period of five years or more after registration. As an outcome, it seems Viatris plans to launch the product within the next couple of years.

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

It’s expected to cost the same as the tablet version and to be offered in the exact same dosages.

An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more typically understood 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 comes after dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain’s greatest fake drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of tablet were taken by UK regulators in 2023.

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

Health authorities stated online merchants flouting regulations were behind the counterfeit supplies with most being imported from countries like India without a suitable 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 taken in 2015.

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

While all medications carry possible side results drugs from undependable sources may either not work or carry extra active ingredients or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be hazardous.