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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 change the renowned – and quickly recognisable – little blue tablet.

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

About half of men 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 first came to the marketplace in the 1990s after being created by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

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

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

Viatris has actually already launched the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ’thin and discreet’ which may be more suitable for many customers.

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

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

She included: ’Some males may still be discovering the idea of having Viagr awkward, however I would hope that males’s health and discussions about sexual health have carried on since Viagra was first formulated.’

Ms Govind believes this brand-new design is a ’favorable action forward’.

The brand-new dissolvable is thought to 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 ’good indicator’ it will be offered within the next five years.

She discussed trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not utilized for a continuous duration of five years or more after registration. As an outcome, it seems Viatris intends to release the item within the next few years.

However, giving a hallmark would not ensure the ODF could be sold and it would need to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency first.

It’s expected to cost the very same as the tablet version and to be offered in the very same doses.

A total of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more commonly known by the brand name Viagra, and other kinds of impotency drugs sold under the brand 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 million of fake blue pill were taken by UK regulators in 2023.

More supplies of the erectile dysfunction drug were discovered than knock-off variations of pain relievers like morphine.

Health authorities said online retailers flouting regulations lagged the fake products with the majority of being imported from nations like India without a suitable licence.

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

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

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