Pfizer & Co., Inc.

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New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

The makers of Viagra are set to introduce a brand-new ‘discrete’ form of the drug that will change the renowned – and immediately recognisable – little blue tablet.

The distinctive diamond-shaped tablets could quickly be replaced by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, suggesting it does not require to be taken with water.

About half of males 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 pertained to the market in the 1990s after being developed by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.

It was first established in the 1980s as a heart problem medication, but trial individuals discovered it had an unusual negative effects – frequent erections.

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

Viatris has already introduced the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be more suitable for lots of customers.

The distinctive tablets – which can cause shame for some clients – has actually been reinvented and a brand-new dissolvable type might be offered to Brits in the next five years. Stock image

‘Tablets are not always tolerable to patients and also often the size of tablets may put patients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health expert, informed The .

She added: ‘Some men might still be finding the idea of having Viagr awkward, but I would hope that guys’s health and conversations about sexual health have actually carried on given that Viagra was very first created.’

Ms Govind believes this new design is a ‘positive action forward’.

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

Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark lawyer at Mewburn Ellis, informed the paper that the trademark application is a ‘excellent indicator’ it will be available within the next five years.

She discussed trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not utilized for a continuous period of 5 years or more after registration. As an outcome, it seems Viatris means to introduce the item within the next couple of years.

However, granting a hallmark would not guarantee the ODF could be offered and it would need to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency first.

It’s anticipated to cost the like the tablet variation and to be readily available in the same dosages.

A total of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more frequently understood by the trademark name Viagra, and other kinds 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 biggest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of fake blue tablet were taken 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 retailers flouting policies lagged the fake materials with the majority of being imported from countries like India without a suitable licence.

Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), reveal 2.6 million doses of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best called Viagra, were taken in 2015.

Another half-million dosages of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug offered under the brand Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were also seized.

While all medications carry possible negative effects drugs from undependable sources might either not work or carry extra ingredients or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that could be dangerous.