New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

The makers of Viagra are set to release a brand-new ‘discrete’ type 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, meaning 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 first came to the market in the 1990s after being developed by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.

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

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

Viatris has already released the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be more effective for lots of clients.

The distinct tablets – which can cause humiliation for some clients – has been reinvented and a brand-new dissolvable type might be available to Brits in the next 5 years. Stock image

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

She added: ‘Some men might still be discovering the principle of having Viagr awkward, however I would hope that guys’s health and conversations about sexual health have actually moved on since Viagra was very first formulated.’

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

The new dissolvable medication is thought to most likely come to the UK imminently.

Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark lawyer at Mewburn Ellis, informed the newspaper that the hallmark application is a ‘great sign’ it will be available within the next 5 years.

She discussed trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a constant duration of 5 years or more after registration. As a result, it appears Viatris means to introduce the product within the next few years.

However, giving a trademark would not ensure the ODF might be offered and it would have to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency first.

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

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

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

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

Health officials stated online merchants flouting guidelines were behind the fake supplies 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), reveal 2.6 million dosages of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best referred to as Viagra, were confiscated in 2015.

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

While all medications carry possible negative effects drugs from unreliable sources might either not work or bring additional active ingredients or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that might be harmful.