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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 change the iconic – and instantly recognisable – little blue tablet.
The unique diamond-shaped tablets could soon be replaced by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, implying 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 invented by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.
It was first established in the 1980s as a heart problem medication, however trial participants saw it had an uncommon side impact – regular erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand name, has obtained a hallmark in the UK for the brand-new form of the drug, Viagra ODF.
Viatris has actually currently released the Viagra ODF in Canada and promoted it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be more suitable for numerous consumers.
The unique tablets – which can cause shame for some clients – has been transformed and a new dissolvable type might be available to Brits in the next five years. Stock image
‘Tablets are not constantly tolerable to clients and also in some cases the size of tablets may put clients off having them,‘ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health professional, informed The Telegraph.
She added: ‘Some males might still be discovering the principle of having Viagr humiliating, but I would hope that guys’s health and discussions about sexual health have proceeded since Viagra was first developed.’
Ms Govind thinks this brand-new design is a ‘favorable advance’.
The brand-new dissolvable medication is thought to 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 ‘great sign’ it will be offered within the next 5 years.
She discussed trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a constant period of five years or more after registration. As a result, it appears Viatris plans to release the item within the next couple of years.
However, granting a trademark would not the ODF could be offered and it would need to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency first.
It’s anticipated to cost the like the tablet version and to be available in the same dosages.
An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more commonly understood by the trademark name 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 greatest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of fake blue pill were seized by UK regulators in 2023.
More products of the erectile dysfunction drug were found than knock-off versions of painkillers like morphine.
Health officials said online retailers flouting policies were behind the fake products with a lot of being imported from countries like India without an appropriate licence.
Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare items Regulatory Agency (MHRA), show 2.6 million dosages of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best referred to as Viagra, were taken last year.
Another half-million dosages of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug sold under the brand name Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were also seized.
While all medications carry potential adverse effects drugs from unreliable sources might either not work or bring additional components or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that could be unsafe.