New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill
The makers of Viagra are set to introduce a brand-new ‘discrete’ type of the drug that will replace the iconic – and quickly recognisable – little blue tablet.
The distinctive diamond-shaped tablets could soon be replaced by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that liquifies on the tongue, 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 initially came to the marketplace in the 1990s after being created by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.
It was very first developed in the 1980s as a cardiovascular disease medication, however trial individuals observed it had an uncommon adverse effects – frequent erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand name, has made an application for a hallmark in the UK for the new type of the drug, Viagra ODF.
Viatris has actually already launched the Viagra ODF in Canada and promoted it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be preferable for numerous clients.
The distinctive tablets – which can cause humiliation for some patients – has been reinvented and a new dissolvable type may be readily available to Brits in the next 5 years. Stock image
‘Tablets are not always bearable to patients and also often the size of tablets might put clients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health professional, told The Telegraph.
She added: ‘Some males might still be discovering the principle of having Viagr embarrassing, however I would hope that men’s health and conversations about sexual health have actually moved on because Viagra was very first formulated.’
Ms Govind thinks this brand-new style is a ‘favorable advance’.
The brand-new dissolvable medication is believed to likely come to the UK imminently.
Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark lawyer at Mewburn Ellis, told the newspaper that the hallmark application is a ‘great sign’ it will be readily available within the next five years.
She discussed trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not utilized for a constant duration of 5 years or more after registration. As an outcome, it appears Viatris means to release the product within the next couple of years.
However, granting a trademark would not ensure the ODF might be offered and it would need to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency initially.
It’s expected to cost the very same as the tablet version and to be readily available in the same dosages.
An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more commonly known by the trademark name Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs sold under the brand name names Cialis and Levitra, were dispensed 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 fake blue tablet were taken by UK regulators in 2023.
More supplies of the erectile dysfunction drug were discovered than knock-off variations of painkillers like morphine.
Health authorities said online merchants flouting regulations lagged the fake supplies with a lot of being imported from countries like India without a proper 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 referred to as Viagra, were taken in 2015.
Another half-million doses of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug offered under the brand name Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were also seized.
While all medications bring prospective adverse effects drugs from unreliable sources may either not work or bring extra ingredients or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be hazardous.



