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New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill
The makers of Viagra are set to introduce a new ‘discrete’ form of the drug that will replace the iconic – and immediately recognisable – little blue tablet.
The distinctive diamond-shaped tablets could soon be replaced by a pink, rectangular ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, meaning 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 first pertained to the marketplace in the 1990s after being invented by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.
It was first established in the 1980s as a cardiovascular disease medication, but trial participants noticed it had an uncommon side effect – regular erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand name, has actually used 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 more suitable for numerous clients.
The unique tablets – which can cause shame for some patients – has been transformed and a type may be available to Brits in the next 5 years. Stock image
‘Tablets are not constantly bearable to clients and likewise in some cases the size of tablets might put clients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health expert, informed The Telegraph.
She included: ‘Some males may still be discovering the concept of having Viagr awkward, however I would hope that males’s health and discussions about sexual health have actually moved on considering that Viagra was very first formulated.’
Ms Govind believes this new style is a ‘favorable advance’.
The new dissolvable medication is believed to most likely concerned the UK imminently.
Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark attorney at Mewburn Ellis, informed the paper that the trademark 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 five years or more after registration. As an outcome, it seems Viatris intends to introduce the item within the next few years.
However, giving a hallmark would not ensure 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 same as the tablet version and to be offered in the very same doses.
An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more typically known by the brand name Viagra, and other types 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 fake drug after more than ₤ 6.2 countless fake blue pill were taken by UK regulators in 2023.
More supplies of the erectile dysfunction drug were discovered than knock-off variations of painkillers like morphine.
Health officials said online merchants flouting regulations were behind the fake materials 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), reveal 2.6 million dosages of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best understood as Viagra, were confiscated last year.
Another half-million doses of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug sold under the brand name Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were also seized.
While all medications bring prospective negative effects drugs from undependable sources may either not work or carry additional components or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that might be dangerous.