New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

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

The distinctive diamond-shaped tablets could soon be changed by a pink, rectangular ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, meaning it does not require to be taken with water.

About half of males 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 pertained to the market in the 1990s after being developed by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

It was very first established in the 1980s as a heart disease medication, but trial individuals observed it had an uncommon adverse effects – regular erections.

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

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

The distinctive tablets – which can trigger humiliation for some patients – has been reinvented and a brand-new dissolvable type might be offered to Brits in the next five years. Stock image

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

She included: ‘Some men might still be finding the idea of having Viagr humiliating, however I would hope that guys’s health and conversations about sexual health have moved on given that Viagra was very first developed.’

Ms Govind thinks this new design is a ‘favorable action 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 newspaper that the hallmark application is a ‘great indicator’ it will be offered within the next 5 years.

She discussed 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 appears Viatris means to release the product within the next few years.

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

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

A total of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more frequently understood by the trademark name Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs offered under the trademark name Cialis and Levitra, were dispensed by the in 2023

This follows dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain’s biggest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of fake blue pill were taken by UK regulators in 2023.

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

Health officials said online sellers flouting regulations lagged the fake materials with most being imported from countries like India without a proper licence.

Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare items Regulatory Agency (MHRA), reveal 2.6 million doses of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best known as Viagra, were taken in 2015.

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

While all medications bring potential side results drugs from unreliable sources might either not work or bring additional ingredients or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be dangerous.