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New 'discreet' Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

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

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

About half of guys 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 first concerned the market in the 1990s after being developed by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.

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

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

Viatris has currently released the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being 'thin and discreet' which may be more effective for lots of clients.

The distinct tablets - which can trigger embarrassment for some patients - has been reinvented and a new dissolvable type might be readily available to Brits in the next five years. Stock image

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

She added: 'Some males might still be finding the concept of having Viagr awkward, but I would hope that men's health and discussions about sexual health have actually proceeded since Viagra was very first formulated.'

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

The brand-new dissolvable medication is thought to most likely come to the UK imminently.

Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark attorney at Mewburn Ellis, told the newspaper that the hallmark application is a 'good indicator' it will be offered within the next 5 years.

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

However, giving a trademark would not guarantee the ODF might be offered and it would have to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency first.

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

A total of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more frequently known by the trademark name Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs sold under the trademark name Cialis and Levitra, were dispensed by the health service in 2023

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

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

Health authorities said online merchants flouting policies were behind the counterfeit materials with the majority of being imported from countries like India without an appropriate 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 understood as 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 likewise seized.

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