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New 'discreet' Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

The makers of Viagra are set to release a brand-new 'discrete' kind of the drug that will change the iconic - and instantly recognisable - little blue tablet.

The distinct diamond-shaped tablets might soon be replaced by a pink, rectangle-shaped 'wafer' that liquifies on the tongue, indicating it does not need 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 marketplace in the 1990s after being developed by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.

It was first established in the 1980s as a heart illness medication, but trial participants discovered it had an unusual side effect - frequent erections.

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

Viatris has currently introduced the Viagra ODF in Canada and advertised it as being 'thin and discreet' which may be preferable for lots of customers.

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

'Tablets are not constantly bearable to patients and also sometimes the size of tablets may put patients off having them,' Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health professional, informed The Telegraph.

She added: 'Some men might still be discovering the principle of having Viagr awkward, however I would hope that males's health and conversations about sexual health have moved on considering that Viagra was very first formulated.'

Ms Govind believes this new design is a 'favorable advance'.

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

Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark lawyer 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 discussed trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not utilized for a constant duration of five years or more after registration. As an outcome, it seems Viatris plans to release the item within the next couple of years.

However, granting a trademark would not ensure 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 like the tablet version and to be available in the very same doses.

A total of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more commonly understood by the brand 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 phony blue tablet were taken by UK regulators in 2023.

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

Health officials stated online sellers flouting guidelines were behind the fake products with a lot 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 doses of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best called Viagra, were confiscated last year.

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

While all medications carry possible side effects drugs from undependable sources may either not work or carry additional active ingredients or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that might be hazardous.