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 tablet.

The distinct diamond-shaped tablets might soon be changed by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that liquifies on the tongue, indicating it does not need 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 came to the market in the 1990s after being created by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.

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

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

Viatris has actually currently launched the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be more effective for numerous consumers.

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

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

She added: ‘Some guys may still be discovering the of having Viagr humiliating, but I would hope that males’s health and conversations about sexual health have proceeded considering that Viagra was first developed.’

Ms Govind thinks this brand-new style is a ‘positive advance’.

The brand-new dissolvable medication is believed to likely concerned 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 indication’ it will be available within the next five years.

She explained trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not utilized for a continuous period of five years or more after registration. As a result, it seems Viatris plans to release the item within the next couple of years.

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

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

An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more commonly understood by the trademark name Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs sold under the trademark name Cialis and Levitra, were dispensed by the health service in 2023

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

More materials of the erectile dysfunction drug were discovered than knock-off versions of painkillers like morphine.

Health authorities said online retailers flouting policies were behind the counterfeit supplies with most 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 dosages of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best called Viagra, were confiscated last year.

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

While all medications carry prospective negative effects drugs from unreliable sources may either not work or bring additional active ingredients or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that could be harmful.