New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

The makers of Viagra are set to release a new ‘discrete’ kind of the drug that will replace the renowned – and quickly recognisable – little blue tablet.

The distinctive diamond-shaped tablets might soon be replaced by a pink, rectangular ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, indicating it does not require to be taken with water.

About half of guys 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 initially concerned the market in the 1990s after being developed by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

It was very first developed in the 1980s as a cardiovascular disease medication, but trial participants saw it had an uncommon negative effects – regular erections.

Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand, has actually gotten a hallmark 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 may be more suitable for many consumers.

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

‘Tablets are not constantly bearable to clients and likewise in some cases the size of tablets may put clients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health specialist, informed The Telegraph.

She added: ‘Some males may still be finding the principle of having Viagr humiliating, however I would hope that guys’s health and conversations about sexual health have carried on considering that Viagra was very first developed.’

Ms Govind believes this new style 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 newspaper that the trademark application is a ‘good indicator’ it will be offered within the next five years.

She discussed trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a continuous duration of five years or more after registration. As a result, it seems Viatris plans to release the product within the next few years.

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

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

An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more commonly understood by the brand Viagra, and other kinds of impotency drugs sold under the brand Cialis and Levitra, were dished out by the health service in 2023

This comes after dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain’s biggest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of phony blue pill 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 officials said online sellers flouting guidelines lagged the fake products with the majority of being imported from countries like India without an appropriate licence.

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

Another half-million dosages of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug sold under the brand name Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were also taken.

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