New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

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

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

About half of guys 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 concerned the marketplace in the 1990s after being invented by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.

It was first developed in the 1980s as a heart problem medication, however trial individuals discovered it had an uncommon side effect – regular erections.

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

Viatris has already introduced the Viagra ODF in Canada and advertised it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be preferable for many customers.

The unique tablets – which can trigger embarrassment for some patients – has actually been transformed and a new dissolvable type may be readily available to Brits in the next five years. Stock image

‘Tablets are not constantly tolerable to patients and also in some cases the size of tablets may put patients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health specialist, told The Telegraph.

She added: ‘Some males may still be discovering the concept of having Viagr embarrassing, but I would hope that males’s health and conversations about sexual health have actually moved on since Viagra was first created.’

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

The brand-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, told the paper that the trademark application is a ‘great indicator’ it will be readily available within the next five years.

She discussed trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a constant duration of 5 years or more after . As an outcome, it appears Viatris intends to launch the item within the next couple of years.

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

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

A total of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more commonly known 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 comes after 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 discovered than knock-off versions of painkillers like morphine.

Health authorities stated online merchants flouting guidelines were behind the counterfeit products with many being imported from countries 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 referred to as Viagra, were seized in 2015.

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 bring prospective adverse effects drugs from unreliable sources may either not work or bring additional components or contaminants like heavy metals or other drugs that might be unsafe.