New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

The makers of Viagra are set to launch a brand-new ‘discrete’ form of the drug that will change the renowned – and immediately recognisable – little blue pill.

The distinct diamond-shaped tablets could quickly be replaced by a pink, rectangular ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, implying 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 initially concerned the market in the 1990s after being invented by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

It was very first established in the 1980s as a cardiovascular disease medication, however trial participants noticed it had an unusual negative effects – frequent erections.

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

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

The distinctive tablets – which can trigger humiliation for some clients – has actually been transformed and a new dissolvable type may be available to Brits in the next five years. Stock image

‘Tablets are not constantly tolerable to clients and likewise 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 principle of having Viagr awkward, however I would hope that men’s health and conversations about sexual health have moved on because Viagra was first developed.’

Ms Govind believes this new design is a ‘favorable advance’.

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

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

She explained 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 plans to release the item within the next couple of years.

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

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

An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more typically known by the trademark name Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs sold under the trademark name Cialis and Levitra, were dished out by the health service in 2023

This follows dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain’s most significant fake drug after more than ₤ 6.2 countless phony blue pill were taken by UK regulators in 2023.

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

Health authorities said online sellers flouting policies lagged the counterfeit materials with many being imported from nations like India without a proper licence.

Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), show 2.6 million doses of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best understood as Viagra, were confiscated 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 side impacts drugs from unreliable sources may either not work or bring extra ingredients or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that might be harmful.