New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

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

The distinctive diamond-shaped tablets might soon be changed by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, implying it does not require 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 market in the 1990s after being invented by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

It was first developed in the 1980s as a cardiovascular disease medication, but trial participants saw it had an uncommon side effect – frequent erections.

Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand, has applied for a hallmark in the UK for the new form of the drug, Viagra ODF.

Viatris has actually currently introduced the Viagra ODF in Canada and advertised it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be preferable for numerous clients.

The unique tablets – which can trigger embarrassment for some patients – has been reinvented and a brand-new dissolvable type might be available to Brits in the next five years. Stock image

‘Tablets are not always tolerable to clients and also sometimes the size of tablets may put patients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health professional, told The Telegraph.

She included: ‘Some men might still be discovering the concept of having Viagr humiliating, but I would hope that men’s health and discussions about sexual health have proceeded since Viagra was first formulated.’

Ms Govind thinks this new style is a ‘favorable advance’.

The new dissolvable medication is thought to likely concerned the UK imminently.

Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark attorney at Mewburn Ellis, told the newspaper that the hallmark application is a ‘great indicator’ it will be readily available within the next five years.

She explained trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a continuous duration of five years or more after registration. As a result, it seems Viatris plans to release the product within the next few years.

However, approving 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 expected to cost the very same as the tablet variation and to be offered in the very same doses.

An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more frequently known by the brand name Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs sold 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 biggest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of 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 said online sellers flouting regulations lagged the fake products with the majority 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 dosages of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best referred to as Viagra, were confiscated in 2015.

Another half-million doses of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction under the brand Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were likewise seized.

While all medications carry possible adverse effects drugs from unreliable sources may either not work or bring additional ingredients or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be dangerous.