New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

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

The distinct diamond-shaped tablets could soon be replaced by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, implying it does not require to be taken with water.

About half of men 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 drug first came to the market in the 1990s after being invented by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.

It was first established in the 1980s as a heart illness medication, but trial participants noticed it had an unusual negative effects – frequent erections.

Now, Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand, has actually obtained a trademark in the UK for the new type of the drug, Viagra ODF.

Viatris has actually currently released the Viagra ODF in Canada and promoted it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be more suitable for many consumers.

The distinct tablets – which can trigger embarrassment for some patients – has been reinvented and a brand-new dissolvable type might be readily available to Brits in the next five years. Stock image

‘Tablets are not constantly tolerable to patients and also often the size of tablets might put clients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health specialist, told The Telegraph.

She added: ‘Some men might still be discovering the principle of having Viagr awkward, however I would hope that guys’s health and conversations about sexual health have actually carried on considering that Viagra was very first created.’

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

The brand-new dissolvable medication is believed to likely pertained to the UK imminently.

Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark lawyer at Mewburn Ellis, informed the paper that the trademark application is a ‘great indicator’ it will be available within the next 5 years.

She described trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a constant duration of 5 years or more after registration. As a result, it appears Viatris plans to launch the product within the next few years.

However, granting a trademark would not ensure the ODF could be sold and it would have to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency first.

It’s anticipated to cost the very same as the tablet version and to be offered in the very same dosages.

An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more typically known by the trademark name Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs sold under the brand Cialis and Levitra, were dished out by the health service in 2023

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

More products of the erectile dysfunction drug were discovered than knock-off versions of painkillers like morphine.

Health authorities stated online retailers flouting guidelines lagged the fake supplies with many being imported from nations like India without a suitable licence.

Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare items Regulatory Agency (MHRA), reveal 2.6 million dosages of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best referred to as Viagra, were taken last year.

Another half-million dosages of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug offered under the brand name Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were likewise seized.

While all medications carry possible negative effects drugs from undependable sources might either not work or carry additional components or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be hazardous.