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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’ form of the drug that will change the iconic – 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, 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 first concerned the market in the 1990s after being developed by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
It was first established in the 1980s as a heart problem medication, but trial individuals noticed it had an uncommon adverse effects – regular erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand name, has actually gotten a hallmark in the UK for the brand-new type of the drug, Viagra ODF.
Viatris has actually currently released the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be more effective for numerous consumers.
The distinctive tablets – which can cause embarrassment for some patients – has actually been transformed and a brand-new dissolvable type may be offered to Brits in the next five years. Stock image
‘Tablets are not constantly bearable to patients and likewise sometimes the size of tablets might put clients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health professional, informed The Telegraph.
She added: ‘Some men might still be discovering the idea of having Viagr humiliating, however I would hope that males’s health and conversations about have actually proceeded because Viagra was first developed.’
Ms Govind thinks this new style is a ‘positive step forward’.
The brand-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, informed the paper that the hallmark application is a ‘great 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 constant duration of 5 years or more after registration. As a result, it appears Viatris plans to introduce the item within the next few years.
However, granting a trademark would not guarantee the ODF might be sold and it would have to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency initially.
It’s expected to cost the same as the tablet variation and to be readily available in the very same dosages.
An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more typically understood by the brand Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs sold under the brand Cialis and Levitra, were dispensed by the health service in 2023
This follows dodgy Viagra was found to be Britain’s biggest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 countless phony blue tablet were seized by UK regulators in 2023.
More materials of the erectile dysfunction drug were found than knock-off variations of painkillers like morphine.
Health officials said online retailers flouting regulations were behind the fake supplies with a lot of being imported from countries like India without a suitable licence.
Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare items Regulatory Agency (MHRA), show 2.6 million doses of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best called Viagra, were seized last year.
Another half-million dosages of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug offered under the brand Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were also taken.
While all medications carry possible negative effects drugs from undependable sources may either not work or carry extra components or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be harmful.