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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 replace the renowned - and immediately recognisable - little blue pill.

The unique diamond-shaped tablets could quickly be changed by a pink, rectangle-shaped 'wafer' that dissolves on the tongue, implying it does not need 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 first came to the market in the 1990s after being developed by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

It was very first developed in the 1980s as a heart problem medication, but trial participants noticed it had an uncommon side impact - frequent erections.

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

Viatris has already launched the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being 'thin and discreet' which might be more effective for many consumers.

The unique tablets - which can cause shame for some patients - has actually been reinvented and a brand-new dissolvable type might be readily available to Brits in the next 5 years. Stock image

'Tablets are not always tolerable to patients and likewise in some cases the size of tablets might put clients off having them,' Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health expert, told The Telegraph.

She included: 'Some guys may still be finding the principle of having Viagr embarrassing, but I would hope that men's health and conversations about sexual health have carried on considering that Viagra was first created.'

Ms Govind thinks this brand-new style is a advance'.

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

Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark attorney at Mewburn Ellis, told the newspaper that the trademark application is a 'great sign' it will be readily available within the next 5 years.

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

However, approving a trademark would not guarantee the ODF could be offered and it would need to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency initially.

It's anticipated to cost the very same as the tablet variation and to be offered in the very same doses.

A total of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more typically understood by the brand Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs sold under the trademark name 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 phony blue pill were seized by UK regulators in 2023.

More supplies of the erectile dysfunction drug were found than knock-off variations of painkillers like morphine.

Health authorities stated online retailers flouting policies were behind the fake supplies with most being imported from countries like India without an appropriate 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 referred to as Viagra, were confiscated last year.

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

While all medications carry potential adverse effects drugs from unreliable sources may either not work or bring extra components or contaminants like heavy metals or other drugs that might be dangerous.