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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 iconic – and immediately recognisable – little blue tablet.
The unique diamond-shaped tablets might soon be changed by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, implying it does not need to be taken with water.
About half of men 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 marketplace in the 1990s after being created by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
It was very first established in the 1980s as a heart disease medication, but trial participants saw it had an uncommon side result – regular erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand name, has actually made an application for a trademark in the UK for the new type of the drug, Viagra ODF.
Viatris has currently launched the Viagra ODF in Canada and promoted it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be preferable for numerous clients.
The unique tablets – which can cause humiliation for some clients – has actually been transformed and a new dissolvable type may be offered to Brits in the next five years. Stock image
‘Tablets are not constantly bearable to patients and likewise in some cases the size of tablets might put patients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health specialist, informed The Telegraph.
She added: ‘Some guys might still be finding the idea of having Viagr awkward, but I would hope that men’s health and conversations about sexual health have proceeded because Viagra was very first developed.’
Ms Govind believes this new design is a ‘positive action forward’.
The new dissolvable medication is believed to most likely pertained 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 ‘good sign’ it will be available within the next five years.
She described 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 means to launch the item within the next couple of years.
However, giving a trademark would not ensure the ODF could be offered and it would need to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency initially.
It’s anticipated to cost the very same as the tablet variation and to be available in the same doses.
An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more typically understood by the brand name Viagra, and other kinds of impotency drugs offered 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 greatest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of phony blue pill were taken by UK regulators in 2023.
More products of the erectile dysfunction drug were discovered than knock-off variations of painkillers like morphine.
Health officials stated online sellers flouting policies were behind the fake supplies with most 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 doses of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best known as Viagra, were seized in 2015.
Another half-million dosages of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug sold under the brand name Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were likewise taken.
While all medications carry potential side impacts drugs from unreliable sources might either not work or bring additional ingredients or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be hazardous.