New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

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

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

About half of males 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 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 discovered it had an uncommon adverse effects – regular erections.

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

Viatris has currently released the Viagra ODF in Canada and advertised it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be preferable for lots of customers.

The distinctive tablets – which can trigger humiliation for some clients – has actually 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 patients and also sometimes the size of tablets may put patients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health expert, told The Telegraph.

She included: ‘Some males might still be discovering the idea of having Viagr awkward, however I would hope that men’s health and discussions about sexual health have actually proceeded since Viagra was first created.’

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

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

Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark lawyer at Mewburn Ellis, informed the newspaper that the trademark application is a ‘excellent indicator’ it will be available within the next five years.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Health officials stated online merchants flouting regulations were behind the fake supplies with most 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 understood as Viagra, were confiscated last year.

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 prospective adverse effects drugs from undependable sources may either not work or carry additional active ingredients or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that might be unsafe.