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New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

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

The distinctive diamond-shaped tablets might quickly be replaced by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that liquifies on the tongue, implying it does not need 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 pertained to the market in the 1990s after being created by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.

It was first developed in the 1980s as a cardiovascular disease medication, however trial individuals observed it had an uncommon negative effects – regular erections.

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

Viatris has currently launched the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be preferable for lots of consumers.

The distinctive tablets – which can cause shame for some patients – has been transformed and a new dissolvable type might be readily available to Brits in the next 5 years. Stock image

‘Tablets are not always tolerable to patients and likewise sometimes the size of tablets might put clients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health specialist, informed The Telegraph.

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

Ms Govind believes this brand-new design is a ‘favorable advance’.

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 paper that the trademark application is a ‘great indication’ it will be readily available within the next five years.

She explained trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not utilized for a constant period of five years or more after registration. As a result, it appears Viatris means to launch the item within the next couple of years.

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

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

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

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

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

Health authorities said online sellers flouting regulations lagged the fake materials with most being imported from nations like India without a suitable 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 understood as Viagra, were seized last year.

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

While all medications carry prospective side results drugs from unreliable sources might either not work or carry additional active ingredients or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that could be dangerous.