New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

The makers of Viagra are set to introduce a brand-new ‘discrete’ kind of the drug that will change the iconic – and quickly recognisable – little blue pill.

The distinctive diamond-shaped tablets could soon be replaced by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, meaning it does not require 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 first came to the marketplace in the 1990s after being created by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

It was very first established in the 1980s as a heart disease medication, but trial individuals saw it had an uncommon side result – frequent erections.

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

Viatris has currently introduced the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be more suitable for numerous consumers.

The unique tablets – which can cause humiliation for some patients – has been reinvented and a new dissolvable type might be readily available to Brits in the next five years. Stock image

‘Tablets are not always tolerable to patients and also in some cases the size of tablets may put clients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health specialist, told The Telegraph.

She included: ‘Some men might still be discovering the idea of having Viagr awkward, but I would hope that guys’s health and discussions about sexual health have moved on considering that Viagra was very first formulated.’

Ms Govind thinks this brand-new design is a ‘positive advance’.

The new dissolvable medication is believed to most likely come to the UK imminently.

Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark attorney at Mewburn Ellis, informed the newspaper that the hallmark application is a ‘good indication’ it will be readily available within the next five 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 an outcome, it seems Viatris plans to introduce the item within the next few years.

However, giving a trademark would not guarantee the ODF could be sold and it would have to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency initially.

It’s expected to cost the like the tablet variation and to be available in the same doses.

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

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

More materials of the erectile dysfunction drug were found than knock-off variations of pain relievers like morphine.

Health authorities stated online retailers flouting guidelines lagged the counterfeit supplies with most 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 doses of sildenafil, the generic name for the best referred to as Viagra, were confiscated 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 prospective side impacts drugs from undependable sources may either not work or bring additional ingredients or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that might be unsafe.