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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’ type of the drug that will replace the iconic – and immediately recognisable – little blue pill.
The unique diamond-shaped tablets could soon be replaced by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that dissolves 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 for Viagra on the NHS.
The drug first came to the marketplace in the 1990s after being developed by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.
It was very first developed in the 1980s as a heart disease medication, but trial individuals discovered it had an unusual side impact – regular erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand, has actually requested a hallmark in the UK for the brand-new kind of the drug, Viagra ODF.
Viatris has actually already introduced the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be preferable for lots of customers.
The distinct tablets – which can cause shame for some patients – has been transformed and a new dissolvable type might be readily available to Brits in the next 5 years. Stock image
‘Tablets are not constantly bearable to patients and likewise sometimes the size of tablets might put patients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health expert, told The Telegraph.
She included: ‘Some guys may still be finding the concept of having Viagr embarrassing, however I would hope that guys’s health and discussions about sexual health have actually moved on since Viagra was first created.’
Ms Govind believes this brand-new style is a ‘favorable advance’.
The new dissolvable medication is believed to likely pertained to the UK imminently.
Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark lawyer at Mewburn Ellis, informed the newspaper that the trademark application is a ‘great indicator’ it will be available within the next 5 years.
She described trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not utilized for a continuous duration of 5 years or more after registration. As a result, it seems Viatris means to launch the item within the next couple of years.
However, approving a trademark would not guarantee the ODF could be sold and it would have to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency initially.
It’s anticipated to cost the like the tablet version and to be 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 follows dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain’s greatest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 countless phony blue tablet were taken by UK regulators in 2023.
More products of the erectile dysfunction drug were found than knock-off variations of painkillers like morphine.
Health authorities said online sellers flouting policies were behind the counterfeit materials 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), show 2.6 million doses of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best referred to 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 also seized.
While all medications carry potential adverse effects drugs from undependable sources might either not work or bring additional ingredients or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that might be unsafe.