New 'discreet' Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill

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

The unique diamond-shaped tablets might quickly be changed by a pink, rectangular 'wafer' that liquifies on the tongue, suggesting 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 company Pfizer.

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

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

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

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

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

She added: 'Some guys may still be discovering the principle of having Viagr embarrassing, however I would hope that males's health and discussions about sexual health have carried on considering that Viagra was first developed.'

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

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

Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark lawyer at Mewburn Ellis, informed the paper that the hallmark application is a 'great indicator' it will be available within the next 5 years.

She discussed trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a constant duration of five years or more after registration. As a result, it appears Viatris means to launch the product within the next couple of years.

However, giving a hallmark would not ensure the ODF might be offered and it would have to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency initially.

It's anticipated to cost the exact same as the tablet variation and to be available in the same doses.

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

This follows dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain's biggest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of fake blue tablet 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 officials stated online retailers flouting guidelines were behind the fake materials with most being imported from countries like India without a proper licence.

Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), reveal 2.6 million doses of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best known as Viagra, were taken 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 results drugs from undependable sources might either not work or bring extra active ingredients or contaminants like or other drugs that might be unsafe.