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 replace the iconic – and quickly recognisable – little blue pill.
The unique diamond-shaped tablets might soon be changed by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, suggesting it does not need 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 concerned the market in the 1990s after being invented by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
It was very first developed in the 1980s as a cardiovascular disease medication, but trial participants noticed it had an uncommon adverse effects – frequent erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand, has gotten a hallmark in the UK for the 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 may be preferable for numerous clients.
The distinctive tablets – which can trigger shame for some clients – has been reinvented and a new dissolvable type might be available to Brits in the next 5 years. Stock image
‘Tablets are not always bearable to clients and likewise sometimes the size of tablets may put clients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health specialist, informed The Telegraph.
She added: ‘Some males might still be discovering the idea of having Viagr humiliating, however I would hope that guys’s health and conversations about sexual health have actually proceeded because Viagra was very first developed.’
Ms Govind believes this new design is a ‘favorable action forward’.
The new dissolvable medication is thought to most likely come to the UK imminently.
Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark lawyer at Mewburn Ellis, told the newspaper that the trademark application is a ‘good sign’ it will be offered within the next five years.
She discussed trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a continuous period of 5 years or more after registration. As an outcome, it seems Viatris plans to release the item within the next couple of years.
However, giving a trademark would not ensure the ODF could be offered and it would need to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency first.
It’s anticipated to cost the same as the tablet version and to be readily available in the very same doses.
An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more typically understood by the brand name Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs sold under the trademark name Cialis and Levitra, were dished out by the health service in 2023
This comes after dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain’s biggest fake 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 found than knock-off versions of pain relievers like morphine.
Health authorities said online retailers flouting policies lagged the counterfeit products with a lot of being imported from countries like India without a suitable 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 known as Viagra, were seized last year.
Another half-million doses of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug offered under the brand Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were also seized.
While all medications bring possible side impacts drugs from unreliable sources may either not work or carry extra active ingredients or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that might be unsafe.