New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill
The makers of Viagra are set to introduce a brand-new ‘discrete’ form of the drug that will replace the renowned – and immediately recognisable – little blue pill.
The tablets could quickly be replaced by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that liquifies on the tongue, suggesting it does not require to be taken with water.
About half of men 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 very first developed in the 1980s as a heart problem medication, but trial individuals saw it had an unusual negative effects – frequent erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand, has requested a hallmark in the UK for the new form of the drug, Viagra ODF.
Viatris has already released the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be preferable for numerous consumers.
The unique tablets – which can trigger humiliation for some patients – has actually been reinvented and a new dissolvable type might be offered to Brits in the next five years. Stock image
‘Tablets are not constantly tolerable to clients and likewise sometimes the size of tablets might put patients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health professional, informed The Telegraph.
She added: ‘Some guys may still be discovering the principle of having Viagr embarrassing, but I would hope that men’s health and conversations about sexual health have actually moved on given that Viagra was very first created.’
Ms Govind thinks 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 attorney at Mewburn Ellis, told the paper that the trademark application is a ‘excellent sign’ it will be offered within the next 5 years.
She described trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not utilized for a constant period of 5 years or more after registration. As a result, it seems Viatris plans to launch the product within the next couple of years.
However, granting a trademark would not guarantee the ODF might be sold and it would have to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency initially.
It’s expected to cost the like the tablet version and to be offered in the very same dosages.
An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more commonly understood by the brand Viagra, and other kinds of impotency drugs offered under the brand names Cialis and Levitra, were dispensed by the health service in 2023
This follows dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain’s greatest fake drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of phony blue pill were seized by UK regulators in 2023.
More products of the erectile dysfunction drug were found than knock-off versions of pain relievers like morphine.
Health officials stated online sellers flouting guidelines were behind the fake materials with the majority of 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 referred to as Viagra, were confiscated last year.
Another half-million doses of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug offered under the brand name Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were likewise taken.
While all medications bring possible side results drugs from undependable sources may either not work or bring extra ingredients or contaminants like heavy metals or other drugs that might be hazardous.
