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New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

The makers of Viagra are set to launch a brand-new ‘discrete’ kind of the drug that will replace the iconic – and instantly recognisable – little blue pill.

The distinct diamond-shaped tablets might soon be changed by a pink, rectangular ‘wafer’ that liquifies on the tongue, meaning it does not require to be taken with water.

About half of males 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 created by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

It was very first developed in the 1980s as a heart illness medication, but trial individuals noticed it had an unusual side effect – 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 kind of the drug, Viagra ODF.

Viatris has already launched the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be more effective for numerous consumers.

The unique tablets – which can cause shame for some patients – has been reinvented and a new dissolvable type might be readily available to Brits in the next 5 years. Stock image

‘Tablets are not constantly bearable to clients and also sometimes the size of tablets might put clients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health specialist, informed The Telegraph.

She added: ‘Some males might still be discovering the concept of having Viagr awkward, but I would hope that guys’s health and conversations about sexual health have actually proceeded because Viagra was very first developed.’

Ms Govind thinks this new style is a ‘positive action forward’.

The brand-new dissolvable medication is believed to likely concerned 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 five years.

She described trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a continuous duration of 5 years or more after registration. As a result, it appears Viatris means to release the product within the next couple of years.

However, giving a trademark would not guarantee the ODF might be offered and it would need to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency first.

It’s anticipated to cost the exact same as the tablet version and to be readily available in the same dosages.

A total of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more frequently understood by the brand Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs offered under the brand names Cialis and Levitra, were dished out by the health service in 2023

This comes after dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain’s most significant fake drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of fake blue pill were taken by UK regulators in 2023.

More materials of the erectile dysfunction drug were found than knock-off versions of pain relievers like morphine.

Health officials said online retailers flouting guidelines lagged the counterfeit materials with the of 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 called Viagra, were seized in 2015.

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

While all medications bring potential negative effects drugs from undependable sources may either not work or carry additional ingredients or contaminants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be unsafe.