New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill
The makers of Viagra are set to launch a brand-new ‘discrete’ form of the drug that will replace the renowned – and immediately little blue pill.
The distinctive diamond-shaped tablets might soon be replaced by a pink, rectangular ‘wafer’ that liquifies on the tongue, indicating 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 initially came to the marketplace 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 individuals discovered it had an unusual negative effects – frequent erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand name, has actually used for a trademark in the UK for the new form of the drug, Viagra ODF.
Viatris has actually already launched the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be preferable for many customers.
The unique tablets – which can trigger humiliation for some patients – has been transformed and a brand-new dissolvable type might be offered 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 might put clients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health professional, told The Telegraph.
She added: ‘Some men may still be discovering the principle of having Viagr embarrassing, however I would hope that guys’s health and discussions about sexual health have carried on considering that Viagra was very first formulated.’
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 attorney at Mewburn Ellis, told the newspaper that the hallmark application is a ‘excellent indicator’ it will be offered within the next 5 years.
She explained trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not utilized for a continuous period of five years or more after registration. As an outcome, it appears Viatris plans to release the product within the next couple of years.
However, granting a hallmark would not ensure the ODF could be sold and it would need to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency first.
It’s anticipated to cost the exact same as the tablet variation and to be readily available in the very same doses.
A total of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more commonly known by the brand name 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 discovered to be Britain’s biggest fake drug after more than ₤ 6.2 countless phony blue pill were seized by UK regulators in 2023.
More materials of the erectile dysfunction drug were discovered than knock-off variations of pain relievers like morphine.
Health authorities said online sellers flouting policies lagged the fake products with many being imported from countries like India without a suitable licence.
Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare products 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 doses of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug sold under the brand Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were likewise taken.
While all medications carry prospective side effects drugs from unreliable sources might either not work or carry additional components or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that could be harmful.