New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

The makers of Viagra are set to introduce a new ‘discrete’ kind of the drug that will replace the iconic – and quickly recognisable – little blue tablet.

The distinct diamond-shaped tablets could soon be replaced by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that dissolves 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 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 invented by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

It was very first developed in the 1980s as a heart problem 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 name, has actually looked 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 promoted it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be more suitable for numerous customers.

The – which can trigger embarrassment for some patients – has been reinvented and a brand-new dissolvable type might be offered to Brits in the next 5 years. Stock image

‘Tablets are not constantly tolerable to clients and likewise often the size of tablets might put patients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health expert, told The Telegraph.

She included: ‘Some males may still be finding the idea of having Viagr awkward, but I would hope that males’s health and discussions about sexual health have carried on since Viagra was very first developed.’

Ms Govind thinks this brand-new style is a ‘positive advance’.

The new dissolvable medication is believed to likely pertained to the UK imminently.

Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark attorney at Mewburn Ellis, informed the newspaper that the hallmark application is a ‘excellent sign’ it will be offered within the next 5 years.

She described trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a continuous period of five years or more after registration. As an outcome, it seems Viatris plans to introduce the item within the next couple of years.

However, approving a hallmark would not guarantee the ODF could be offered and it would have to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency initially.

It’s anticipated to cost the like the tablet version and to be offered in the very same dosages.

An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more commonly known by the brand Viagra, and other kinds of impotency drugs offered under the brand names 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 million of phony blue pill were taken by UK regulators in 2023.

More supplies of the erectile dysfunction drug were discovered than knock-off versions of painkillers like morphine.

Health authorities said online retailers flouting regulations were behind the counterfeit materials with a lot of being imported from countries like India without an appropriate 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 called Viagra, were seized in 2015.

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

While all medications carry prospective side effects drugs from undependable sources might either not work or carry extra components or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be dangerous.