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New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill
The makers of Viagra are set to launch a new ‘discrete’ form of the drug that will replace the renowned – and immediately recognisable – little blue pill.
The distinctive diamond-shaped tablets could quickly be replaced by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that liquifies on the tongue, suggesting it does not need to be taken with water.
About half of guys 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 developed by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
It was first developed in the 1980s as a heart problem medication, but trial individuals saw it had an uncommon adverse effects – regular erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand name, has actually obtained a trademark in the UK for the new form of the drug, Viagra ODF.
Viatris has actually already introduced the Viagra ODF in Canada and advertised it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be more suitable for lots of customers.
The distinct tablets – which can cause embarrassment for some patients – has actually been transformed and a brand-new dissolvable type may be available to Brits in the next five years. Stock image
‘Tablets are not always tolerable to patients and likewise often the size of tablets might put clients off having them,‘ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health professional, told The Telegraph.
She included: ‘Some men may still be finding the idea of having Viagr embarrassing, but I would hope that men’s health and conversations about sexual health have actually on since Viagra was very first formulated.’
Ms Govind thinks this brand-new design is a ‘favorable advance’.
The new dissolvable medication is believed to likely come 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 ‘good indicator’ it will be readily available within the next 5 years.
She explained 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 product within the next few years.
However, granting a trademark would not ensure the ODF could be sold and it would have to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency first.
It’s expected to cost the like the tablet version and to be available in the very same dosages.
A total of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more typically understood by the trademark name Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs sold under the trademark name Cialis and Levitra, were dispensed by the health service in 2023
This comes after dodgy Viagra was found to be Britain’s biggest fake drug after more than ₤ 6.2 countless fake blue pill were seized by UK regulators in 2023.
More supplies of the erectile dysfunction drug were found than knock-off versions of painkillers like morphine.
Health authorities stated online sellers flouting policies lagged the counterfeit supplies with the majority of 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 understood as Viagra, were confiscated in 2015.
Another half-million dosages of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug offered under the brand Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were likewise taken.
While all medications bring potential adverse effects drugs from unreliable sources might either not work or carry extra ingredients or contaminants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be unsafe.