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New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill
The makers of Viagra are set to introduce a brand-new ‘discrete’ type of the drug that will replace the iconic – and quickly recognisable – little blue pill.
The unique diamond-shaped tablets could soon be changed by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, meaning 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 initially concerned the marketplace in the 1990s after being created by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
It was very first established in the 1980s as a heart problem medication, but trial participants saw it had an uncommon side result – frequent erections.
Now, Pfizer Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand name, has made an application for a hallmark in the UK for the brand-new form of the drug, Viagra ODF.
Viatris has actually already released the Viagra ODF in Canada and advertised it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be more effective for numerous customers.
The distinctive tablets – which can trigger embarrassment for some patients – has been transformed and a brand-new dissolvable type may be readily available to Brits in the next five years. Stock image
‘Tablets are not always tolerable to clients and also often the size of tablets may put patients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health expert, told The Telegraph.
She included: ‘Some males might still be finding the principle of having Viagr humiliating, but I would hope that males’s health and conversations about sexual health have actually moved on since Viagra was first formulated.’
Ms Govind believes this new design is a ‘favorable advance’.
The brand-new dissolvable medication is believed to most likely pertained to 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 readily available within the next 5 years.
She described trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not utilized for a constant duration of five years or more after registration. As a result, it appears Viatris means to release the item within the next few years.
However, granting a trademark would not guarantee the ODF could be offered and it would have to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency first.
It’s anticipated to cost the like the tablet version and to be offered in the exact same dosages.
An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more frequently understood by the brand Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs offered under the brand Cialis and Levitra, were dished out by the health service in 2023
This comes after dodgy Viagra was found to be Britain’s biggest fake drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of fake blue pill were taken by UK regulators in 2023.
More products of the erectile dysfunction drug were discovered than knock-off variations of painkillers like morphine.
Health authorities said online merchants flouting policies lagged the counterfeit materials with many 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 dosages of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best referred to as Viagra, were confiscated last year.
Another half-million dosages of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug offered under the brand Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were likewise taken.
While all medications carry possible adverse effects drugs from unreliable sources might either not work or bring additional active ingredients or contaminants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be harmful.