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New 'discreet' Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

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

The unique diamond-shaped tablets might soon be replaced by a pink, rectangle-shaped 'wafer' that liquifies on the tongue, meaning it does not need to be taken with water.

About half of men 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 pertained to the marketplace in the 1990s after being created by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

It was very first established in the 1980s as a cardiovascular disease medication, but trial individuals noticed it had an uncommon side result - frequent erections.

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

Viatris has actually already launched the Viagra ODF in Canada and advertised it as being 'thin and discreet' which might be more suitable for numerous clients.

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

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

She included: 'Some males might still be finding the principle of having Viagr humiliating, however I would hope that men's health and discussions about sexual health have actually moved on given that Viagra was very first created.'

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

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 paper that the hallmark application is a 'excellent indicator' it will be offered within the next 5 years.

She described trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not utilized for a constant duration of 5 years or more after registration. As an outcome, it appears Viatris means to launch the item within the next couple of years.

However, approving a hallmark would not guarantee the ODF might be offered and it would need to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency initially.

It's expected to cost the like the tablet variation and to be readily available in the exact same dosages.

An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more frequently understood by the trademark name Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs offered under the trademark name Cialis and Levitra, were dispensed by the health service in 2023

This follows dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain's greatest fake drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of phony blue pill were taken by UK regulators in 2023.

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

Health authorities stated online sellers flouting regulations lagged the fake products with a lot of being imported from countries like India without a suitable licence.

Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), reveal 2.6 million dosages of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best known as Viagra, were seized last year.

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

While all medications bring possible adverse effects drugs from unreliable sources might either not work or bring additional active ingredients or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that might be harmful.