New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

The makers of Viagra are set to launch a new of the drug that will replace the iconic – and quickly recognisable – little blue tablet.

The distinct diamond-shaped tablets could quickly be changed by a pink, rectangular ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, indicating it does not require to be taken with water.

About half of men 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 initially concerned the market in the 1990s after being invented by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.

It was first established in the 1980s as a cardiovascular disease medication, but trial individuals saw it had an uncommon side impact – frequent erections.

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

Viatris has currently launched the Viagra ODF in Canada and promoted it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be more effective for numerous customers.

The unique tablets – which can trigger embarrassment for some patients – has been transformed and a new dissolvable type may be offered to Brits in the next 5 years. Stock image

‘Tablets are not always bearable to clients and also sometimes the size of tablets may put clients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health expert, told The Telegraph.

She included: ‘Some males may still be finding the idea of having Viagr embarrassing, but I would hope that men’s health and conversations about sexual health have actually moved on since Viagra was first developed.’

Ms Govind believes this brand-new design is a ‘positive action forward’.

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

Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark attorney at Mewburn Ellis, told the newspaper that the trademark application is a ‘excellent indication’ it will be offered within the next five years.

She described trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a continuous duration of 5 years or more after registration. As an outcome, it appears Viatris means to release the product within the next few years.

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

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

An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more typically understood by the trademark name Viagra, and other kinds of impotency drugs sold under the brand name names 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 pill were seized by UK regulators in 2023.

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

Health officials stated online merchants flouting regulations lagged the counterfeit supplies with the majority of being imported from nations like India without a suitable licence.

Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare items Regulatory Agency (MHRA), reveal 2.6 million dosages of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best called Viagra, were confiscated last year.

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

While all medications bring prospective adverse effects drugs from undependable sources may either not work or bring additional components or contaminants like heavy metals or other drugs that might be unsafe.