New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill
The makers of Viagra are set to release a new ‘discrete’ type of the drug that will change the iconic – and quickly recognisable – little blue pill.
The distinct diamond-shaped tablets could soon be changed by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, suggesting 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 concerned the marketplace in the 1990s after being invented by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.
It was first developed in the 1980s as a heart illness medication, however trial participants discovered it had an unusual negative effects – frequent erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand name, has applied for a hallmark in the UK for the new kind of the drug, Viagra ODF.
Viatris has currently introduced the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be more suitable for numerous consumers.
The distinctive tablets – which can cause humiliation for some clients – has been reinvented and a brand-new dissolvable type may be available to Brits in the next five years. Stock image
‘Tablets are not constantly tolerable to clients and also in some cases the size of tablets may put clients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health professional, told The Telegraph.
She included: ‘Some guys might still be discovering the concept of having Viagr awkward, however I would hope that males’s health and conversations about sexual health have proceeded considering that Viagra was first developed.’
Ms Govind thinks this brand-new design is a ‘favorable advance’.
The new dissolvable medication is believed to likely come 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 ‘good indication’ it will be readily available within the next five years.
She described trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not utilized for a continuous period of 5 years or more after registration. As a result, it seems Viatris plans to introduce the product within the next couple of years.
However, granting a trademark would not guarantee the ODF could be offered and it would have to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency first.
It’s expected to cost the exact same as the tablet variation and to be readily available in the same doses.
An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more commonly known 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 follows dodgy Viagra was found to be Britain’s biggest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 countless phony blue tablet were taken by UK regulators in 2023.
More supplies of the erectile dysfunction drug were discovered than knock-off versions of pain relievers like morphine.
Health officials said online merchants flouting regulations lagged the counterfeit materials with a lot of being from countries like India without an appropriate licence.
Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), reveal 2.6 million dosages of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best known as Viagra, were taken in 2015.
Another half-million dosages of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug offered under the brand name Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were likewise taken.
While all medications bring prospective adverse effects drugs from undependable sources may either not work or carry additional ingredients or contaminants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be hazardous.