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New 'discreet' Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

The makers of Viagra are set to launch a new 'discrete' type of the drug that will replace the renowned - and instantly recognisable - little blue pill.

The distinct diamond-shaped tablets might quickly be changed by a pink, rectangle-shaped 'wafer' that liquifies on the tongue, suggesting 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 pertained to the marketplace in the 1990s after being invented by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.

It was first developed in the 1980s as a cardiovascular disease medication, but trial participants saw it had an uncommon adverse effects - regular erections.

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

Viatris has actually already launched the Viagra ODF in Canada and advertised it as being 'thin and discreet' which may be more suitable for lots of customers.

The distinct tablets - which can cause embarrassment for some clients - has been reinvented and a new dissolvable type might be readily available to Brits in the next 5 years. Stock image

'Tablets are not constantly tolerable to patients and also often the size of tablets may put clients off having them,' Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health specialist, told The Telegraph.

She added: 'Some males might still be finding the idea of having Viagr embarrassing, however I would hope that men's health and discussions about sexual health have actually moved on because Viagra was very first developed.'

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

The brand-new dissolvable medication is believed to likely concerned the UK imminently.

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

She described 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 means to introduce the product within the next couple of years.

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

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

An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more typically known by the brand Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs offered under the brand name names Cialis and Levitra, were dished out by the health service in 2023

This comes after dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain's greatest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 countless fake blue tablet were seized by UK regulators in 2023.

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

Health officials stated online sellers flouting regulations were behind the fake supplies with a lot of being imported from nations 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 understood as Viagra, were seized in 2015.

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

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