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New 'discreet' Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

The makers of Viagra are set to launch a brand-new 'discrete' form of the drug that will replace the renowned - and quickly recognisable - little blue tablet.

The distinct diamond-shaped tablets might soon be changed by a pink, rectangle-shaped 'wafer' that liquifies on the tongue, indicating it does not require to be taken with water.

About half of males 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 concerned the market in the 1990s after being invented by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

It was first developed in the 1980s as a heart illness medication, but trial participants noticed it had an uncommon negative effects - regular erections.

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

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

The distinct tablets - which can trigger humiliation for some clients - has actually been transformed and a brand-new dissolvable type may be available to Brits in the next 5 years. Stock image

'Tablets are not constantly bearable to clients and also in some cases the size of tablets may put clients off having them,' Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health expert, informed The Telegraph.

She added: 'Some guys may still be finding the idea of having Viagr awkward, but I would hope that males's health and discussions about sexual health have moved on because Viagra was first formulated.'

Ms Govind thinks this new design is a 'positive advance'.

The new dissolvable medication is believed to likely concerned 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 indicator' it will be available within the next 5 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 a result, it appears Viatris intends to release the product within the next couple of years.

However, giving a trademark would not guarantee the ODF could be sold and it would have to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency first.

It's expected to cost the same as the tablet version and to be available in the very same dosages.

A total of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more commonly understood by the brand Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs offered under the brand Cialis and Levitra, were dispensed by the health service in 2023

This comes after dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain's biggest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 countless phony blue pill were taken by UK regulators in 2023.

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

Health authorities said online merchants flouting guidelines were behind the fake materials with many being imported from nations like India without a suitable licence.

Data, from 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 seized last year.

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

While all medications carry potential adverse effects drugs from unreliable sources may either not work or bring extra active ingredients or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be hazardous.