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New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

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

The unique diamond-shaped tablets could soon be changed by a pink, rectangular ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, suggesting 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 for Viagra on the NHS.

The drug first pertained to the market in the 1990s after being invented by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

It was first developed in the 1980s as a heart disease medication, however trial participants saw it had an unusual side impact – regular erections.

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

Viatris has actually currently introduced the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be more suitable for lots of consumers.

The distinctive tablets – which can cause embarrassment for some clients – has been reinvented and a brand-new dissolvable type may be readily available to Brits in the next five years. Stock image

‘Tablets are not always bearable to patients and also often the size of tablets might put patients 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 men’s health and discussions about sexual health have actually carried on considering that Viagra was first created.’

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

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

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

She explained trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a constant period of 5 years or more after registration. As an outcome, it seems Viatris means to release the product within the next few years.

However, giving 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 like the tablet variation and to be available in the very same doses.

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

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

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

Health authorities said online merchants flouting regulations lagged the fake products with the majority of being imported from nations like India without a proper 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 referred to as Viagra, were seized in 2015.

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

While all medications bring prospective side effects drugs from unreliable sources may either not work or bring additional active ingredients or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that might be unsafe.