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New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

The makers of Viagra are set to introduce a brand-new ‘discrete’ kind of the drug that will replace the iconic – and instantly recognisable – little blue pill.

The distinct diamond-shaped tablets could soon be replaced by a pink, rectangular ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, meaning it does not require 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 initially concerned the market in the 1990s after being created by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.

It was very first established in the 1980s as a heart illness medication, however trial individuals observed it had an unusual negative effects – regular erections.

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

Viatris has already released the Viagra ODF in Canada and promoted it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be preferable for many consumers.

The unique tablets – which can cause shame for some patients – has been transformed and a brand-new dissolvable type may be available to Brits in the next five years. Stock image

‘Tablets are not always tolerable to clients and also sometimes the size of tablets may put patients off having them,‘ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health specialist, informed The Telegraph.

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

Ms Govind thinks this brand-new style is a ‘favorable action forward’.

The brand-new dissolvable medication is thought to likely pertained to 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 readily available within the next 5 years.

She explained trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a continuous period of 5 years or more after registration. As a result, it appears Viatris plans to launch the product within the next couple of years.

However, giving a trademark would not ensure the ODF could be sold and it would have to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency first.

It’s anticipated to cost the like the tablet variation and to be readily available in the same dosages.

An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more typically understood by the brand Viagra, and other kinds of impotency drugs offered under the trademark name Cialis and Levitra, were dished out by the in 2023

This comes after dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain’s biggest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of phony blue tablet were taken by UK regulators in 2023.

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

Health authorities said online merchants flouting regulations were behind the fake materials with many being imported from nations like India without a proper licence.

Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare items Regulatory Agency (MHRA), show 2.6 million dosages of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best referred to 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 taken.

While all medications carry potential side impacts drugs from unreliable sources might either not work or carry extra components or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be unsafe.