New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill
The makers of Viagra are set to release a brand-new ‘discrete’ form of the drug that will replace the renowned – and immediately recognisable – little blue tablet.
The distinct diamond-shaped tablets might quickly be changed by a pink, rectangular ‘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 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 company Pfizer.
It was first developed in the 1980s as a heart problem medication, however trial participants observed it had an uncommon adverse effects – frequent erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand name, has looked for a trademark in the UK for the 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 might be more suitable for many customers.
The distinct tablets – which can cause shame for some patients – has actually been reinvented and a brand-new dissolvable type may be readily available to Brits in the next five years. Stock image
‘Tablets are not constantly tolerable to patients and also sometimes the size of tablets might put patients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health expert, informed The Telegraph.
She included: ‘Some males might still be the principle of having Viagr humiliating, however I would hope that guys’s health and conversations about sexual health have actually carried on because Viagra was very first created.’
Ms Govind believes this new design is a ‘favorable advance’.
The new dissolvable medication is believed to most likely concerned the UK imminently.
Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark lawyer at Mewburn Ellis, told the newspaper that the trademark application is a ‘excellent indication’ it will be available within the next 5 years.
She explained trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a constant duration of 5 years or more after registration. As an outcome, it appears Viatris intends to launch the item within the next few years.
However, giving a hallmark would not guarantee the ODF could be sold and it would need to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency first.
It’s expected to cost the very same as the tablet version and to be offered in the same dosages.
A total of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more typically known by the trademark name Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs offered 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 most significant counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of phony blue tablet 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 stated online retailers flouting policies lagged the counterfeit products with the majority of being imported from countries like India without a suitable licence.
Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare items Regulatory Agency (MHRA), reveal 2.6 million dosages of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best known as Viagra, were confiscated in 2015.
Another half-million doses of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug sold under the brand Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were likewise seized.
While all medications bring possible adverse effects drugs from unreliable sources may either not work or carry extra ingredients or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that might be dangerous.