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New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

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

The distinct diamond-shaped tablets might quickly be replaced by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that liquifies on the tongue, suggesting it does not need 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 pertained to the marketplace in the 1990s after being invented by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.

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

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

Viatris has actually currently released the Viagra ODF in Canada and promoted it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be preferable for numerous customers.

The distinct tablets – which can trigger shame for some clients – has actually been transformed and a new dissolvable type might be offered to Brits in the next 5 years. Stock image

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

She included: ‘Some men may still be finding the principle of having Viagr awkward, but I would hope that guys’s health and discussions about sexual health have actually carried on because Viagra was very first developed.’

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

The brand-new dissolvable medication is believed 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 ‘good sign’ it will be available within the next 5 years.

She explained trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a constant duration of five years or more after registration. As an outcome, it appears Viatris intends to launch the item within the next few years.

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

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

A total of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more typically known by the trademark name Viagra, and other kinds 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 pill were seized by UK regulators in 2023.

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

Health officials said online sellers flouting policies were behind the fake materials with most 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 called Viagra, were seized last year.

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

While all medications carry possible negative effects drugs from undependable sources might either not work or carry extra components or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be unsafe.