New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill
The makers of Viagra are set to launch a brand-new ‘discrete’ kind of the drug that will replace the iconic – and instantly recognisable – little blue tablet.
The unique diamond-shaped tablets could soon be changed by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, implying it does not need to be taken with water.
About half of guys over 40 suffer erectile dysfunction in the UK and last year there was a record 4.57 million prescriptions for Viagra on the NHS.
The drug first came to the marketplace in the 1990s after being developed by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.
It was first developed in the 1980s as a cardiovascular disease medication, but trial participants noticed it had an uncommon side impact – frequent erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand name, has actually gotten a hallmark in the UK for the new form of the drug, Viagra ODF.
Viatris has currently released the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be more suitable for numerous customers.
The unique tablets – which can trigger shame for some patients – has been transformed and a new dissolvable type might be offered to Brits in the next five years. Stock image
‘Tablets are not constantly bearable to patients and likewise in some cases the size of tablets might put patients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health specialist, told The Telegraph.
She included: ‘Some guys may still be finding the idea of having Viagr humiliating, but I would hope that guys’s health and conversations about sexual health have moved on since Viagra was first developed.’
Ms this new style is a ‘positive advance’.
The new dissolvable medication is believed to most likely come to the UK imminently.
Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark lawyer at Mewburn Ellis, told the newspaper that the trademark application is a ‘good sign’ it will be readily available within the next five years.
She discussed trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not utilized for a constant duration of five years or more after registration. As an outcome, it seems Viatris means to launch the item within the next few years.
However, granting a trademark would not ensure the ODF could be offered and it would have to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency first.
It’s anticipated to cost the same as the tablet version and to be available in the exact same dosages.
An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more typically 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 comes after dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain’s biggest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 countless phony blue tablet were taken 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 merchants flouting regulations lagged the fake materials with many being imported from countries like India without a suitable 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 known as Viagra, were seized last year.
Another half-million dosages of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug sold under the brand Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were likewise seized.
While all medications bring potential side effects drugs from undependable sources may either not work or carry extra components or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be dangerous.