New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill
The makers of Viagra are set to release a new ‘discrete’ type of the drug that will replace the iconic – and immediately recognisable – little blue tablet.
The distinct diamond-shaped tablets might soon be changed by a pink, rectangular ‘wafer’ that liquifies 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 initially pertained to the marketplace in the 1990s after being invented by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
It was first established in the 1980s as a heart problem medication, but trial individuals discovered it had an unusual adverse effects – frequent erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand name, has actually gotten a hallmark in the UK for the brand-new kind 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 numerous customers.
The unique tablets – which can trigger shame for some clients – has been transformed and a 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 often the size of tablets might put patients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health specialist, told The Telegraph.
She included: ‘Some males might still be discovering the idea of having Viagr awkward, but I would hope that men’s health and conversations about sexual health have carried on since Viagra was very first created.’
Ms Govind believes this new design is a ‘favorable advance’.
The brand-new dissolvable medication is believed to most likely come 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 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 constant period of 5 years or more after registration. As an outcome, it appears Viatris means to introduce the product within the next few years.
However, granting a trademark would not guarantee the ODF might be offered and it would have to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency first.
It’s to cost the same as the tablet variation and to be readily available in the same doses.
A total 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 dished out by the health service in 2023
This follows dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain’s greatest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 countless phony blue pill were seized by UK regulators in 2023.
More materials of the erectile dysfunction drug were discovered than knock-off variations of painkillers like morphine.
Health authorities said online retailers flouting regulations lagged the fake products with most being imported from nations like India without a proper licence.
Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), show 2.6 million doses of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best known as Viagra, were seized in 2015.
Another half-million dosages of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug sold under the brand Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were also seized.
While all medications carry possible negative effects drugs from unreliable sources may either not work or carry extra ingredients or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that could be dangerous.
