New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

The makers of Viagra are set to introduce a new ‘discrete’ type of the drug that will change the iconic – and recognisable – little blue pill.

The distinctive diamond-shaped tablets might soon be replaced by a pink, rectangular ‘wafer’ that liquifies 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 company Pfizer.

It was first developed in the 1980s as a cardiovascular disease medication, however trial participants discovered it had an unusual negative effects – regular erections.

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

Viatris has actually already launched the Viagra ODF in Canada and promoted it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be more suitable for many customers.

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

‘Tablets are not constantly bearable to clients and likewise sometimes the size of tablets might put clients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health professional, told The Telegraph.

She added: ‘Some males might still be discovering the concept of having Viagr embarrassing, however I would hope that guys’s health and discussions about sexual health have actually carried on considering that Viagra was first created.’

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

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 hallmark application is a ‘excellent indication’ it will be readily available within the next 5 years.

She discussed trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not utilized for a continuous duration of 5 years or more after registration. As an outcome, it appears Viatris plans to launch the product within the next couple of years.

However, granting a hallmark would not guarantee the ODF could be offered and it would have to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency initially.

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

A total of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more frequently known by the brand name Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs sold 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 most significant counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of fake blue tablet were seized by UK regulators in 2023.

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

Health authorities said online merchants flouting policies lagged the fake supplies with many being imported from nations like India without an appropriate 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 referred to as Viagra, were taken last year.

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

While all medications carry prospective adverse effects drugs from unreliable sources may either not work or bring extra components or contaminants like heavy metals or other drugs that might be harmful.