New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill
The makers of Viagra are set to launch a brand-new ‘discrete’ type of the drug that will change the iconic – and instantly recognisable – little blue tablet.
The unique diamond-shaped tablets might quickly 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 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 initially concerned the marketplace in the 1990s after being developed by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
It was very first developed in the 1980s as a heart problem medication, however trial participants saw it had an uncommon negative effects – regular erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand, has requested a hallmark in the UK for the brand-new type of the drug, Viagra ODF.
Viatris has already launched the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be preferable for lots of customers.
The distinct tablets – which can cause shame for some patients – has been reinvented and a new dissolvable type might be available to Brits in the next 5 years. Stock image
‘Tablets are not always tolerable to clients and also in some cases the size of tablets might put patients off having them,‘ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health specialist, informed The Telegraph.
She added: ‘Some guys might still be finding the concept of having Viagr awkward, however I would hope that men’s health and conversations about sexual health have carried on given that Viagra was very first created.’
Ms Govind believes this brand-new design is a ‘positive action forward’.
The brand-new dissolvable medication is thought to likely come to the UK imminently.
Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark attorney at Mewburn Ellis, informed the newspaper that the trademark application is a ‘good indication’ it will be available within the next five years.
She described trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not utilized for a constant period of five years or more after registration. As an outcome, it appears Viatris means to the item within the next couple of years.
However, giving a trademark would not guarantee the ODF might be offered and it would have to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency initially.
It’s expected to cost the very same as the tablet variation and to be readily available in the exact same doses.
An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more typically known by the brand Viagra, and other kinds of impotency drugs offered under the brand name names Cialis and Levitra, were dispensed by the health service in 2023
This follows dodgy Viagra was found to be Britain’s greatest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 countless fake blue pill were taken by UK regulators in 2023.
More materials of the erectile dysfunction drug were discovered than knock-off variations of painkillers like morphine.
Health officials stated online retailers flouting guidelines were behind the counterfeit products with many 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 seized in 2015.
Another half-million doses of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug sold under the brand Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were also taken.
While all medications bring possible negative effects drugs from undependable sources might either not work or carry additional ingredients or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that might be harmful.
