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New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

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

The distinct diamond-shaped tablets could quickly be changed by a pink, rectangular ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, indicating it does not need to be taken with water.

About half of males 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 marketplace in the 1990s after being created by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

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

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

Viatris has already introduced the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be preferable for numerous customers.

The unique tablets – which can trigger shame for some patients – has been reinvented and a brand-new dissolvable type might be readily available to Brits in the next 5 years. Stock image

are not constantly bearable to patients and likewise sometimes the size of tablets might put patients off having them,‘ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health expert, informed The Telegraph.

She included: ‘Some guys may still be discovering the concept of having Viagr humiliating, however I would hope that guys’s health and conversations about sexual health have actually carried on given that Viagra was first developed.’

Ms Govind thinks this new style is a ‘favorable step forward’.

The new dissolvable medication is thought to most likely pertained to the UK imminently.

Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark attorney at Mewburn Ellis, told the newspaper that the hallmark 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 duration of 5 years or more after registration. As a result, it seems Viatris plans to release the item within the next couple of years.

However, approving a hallmark would not guarantee the ODF might be sold and it would need to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency first.

It’s expected to cost the same as the tablet variation and to be offered in the same dosages.

An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more commonly known 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 most significant fake drug after more than ₤ 6.2 countless fake blue tablet were seized by UK regulators in 2023.

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

Health authorities stated online merchants flouting guidelines were behind the fake supplies with a lot of 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 confiscated in 2015.

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

While all medications bring prospective side effects drugs from unreliable sources may either not work or carry additional active ingredients or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be unsafe.