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New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

The makers of Viagra are set to launch a new ‘discrete’ form of the drug that will replace the iconic – and immediately recognisable – little blue pill.

The distinct diamond-shaped tablets might 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 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 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 heart disease medication, but trial individuals saw it had an uncommon adverse effects – frequent erections.

Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand, has actually gotten a hallmark in the UK for the new type 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 effective for lots of customers.

The distinct tablets – which can trigger humiliation for some clients – has actually been transformed and a new dissolvable type might be available to Brits in the next five years. Stock image

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

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

Ms Govind believes this brand-new style is a ‘favorable 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 paper that the hallmark application is a ‘good sign’ it will be offered within the next five years.

She described trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a constant period of 5 years or more after registration. As an outcome, it appears Viatris means to launch the item within the next couple of years.

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

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

An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more typically known by the brand Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs offered 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 most significant fake drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of phony blue pill were taken by UK regulators in 2023.

More materials of the drug were found than knock-off versions of painkillers like morphine.

Health officials said online merchants flouting policies lagged the counterfeit materials with a lot of being imported from nations like India without a proper 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 referred to as Viagra, were seized in 2015.

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

While all medications bring potential adverse effects drugs from unreliable sources might either not work or bring extra active ingredients or contaminants like heavy metals or other drugs that might be unsafe.