New ‚discreet‘ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill
The makers of Viagra are set to introduce a new ‚discrete‘ form of the drug that will replace the iconic – and quickly recognisable – little blue tablet.
The unique diamond-shaped tablets could quickly be replaced by a pink, rectangular ‚wafer‘ that liquifies on the tongue, suggesting 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 first concerned the market in the 1990s after being created by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
It was very first established in the 1980s as a heart illness medication, but trial participants discovered it had an unusual side result – regular erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand name, has obtained a hallmark in the UK for the new kind of the drug, Viagra ODF.
Viatris has actually currently introduced the Viagra ODF in Canada and promoted it as being ‚thin and discreet‘ which may be preferable for lots of consumers.
The distinctive tablets – which can trigger humiliation for some patients – has actually been transformed and a new dissolvable type may be offered to Brits in the next five years. Stock image
‚Tablets are not always bearable to patients and also sometimes the size of tablets might 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, however I would hope that guys’s health and discussions about sexual health have actually moved on considering that Viagra was first developed.‘
Ms Govind thinks 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 attorney at Mewburn Ellis, informed the newspaper that the hallmark application is a ‚great indication‘ it will be readily 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 intends to introduce the product within the next few years.
However, approving a hallmark would not guarantee the ODF could be sold and it would need to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency first.
It’s expected to cost the like the tablet variation and to be offered in the very same doses.
A total of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more typically understood by the trademark name Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs sold under the brand Cialis and Levitra, were dispensed by the health service in 2023
This follows dodgy Viagra was found to be Britain’s most significant counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of fake blue tablet were seized by UK regulators in 2023.
More supplies of the erectile dysfunction drug were discovered than knock-off versions of pain relievers like morphine.
Health authorities said online sellers flouting regulations lagged the counterfeit materials with most being imported from nations like India without a suitable 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 best known as Viagra, were seized in 2015.
Another half-million dosages of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug sold under the brand name Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were likewise seized.
While all medications bring potential negative effects drugs from undependable sources may either not work or carry additional ingredients or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that might be unsafe.