New ‚discreet‘ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill
The makers of Viagra are set to release a new ‚discrete‘ kind of the drug that will change the iconic – and instantly recognisable – little blue tablet.
The distinctive diamond-shaped tablets could soon be replaced by a pink, rectangular ‚wafer‘ that liquifies on the tongue, indicating it does not require to be taken with water.
About half of males 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 invented by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
It was very first established in the 1980s as a heart illness medication, but trial participants noticed it had an uncommon side result – frequent erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand, has obtained a hallmark in the UK for the brand-new type of the drug, Viagra ODF.
Viatris has already released the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ‚thin and discreet‘ which might be more effective for numerous customers.
The distinctive tablets – which can cause embarrassment 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 constantly bearable to clients and likewise often the size of tablets might put patients off having them,‘ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health specialist, told The Telegraph.
She added: ‚Some men may still be finding the idea of having Viagr embarrassing, however I would hope that males’s health and discussions about sexual health have carried on because Viagra was first developed.‘
Ms Govind believes this brand-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 lawyer at Mewburn Ellis, told the paper that the trademark application is a ‚great indicator‘ it will be offered within the next 5 years.
She explained 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 plans to the product within the next couple of years.
However, giving a trademark would not guarantee the ODF might be sold and it would have to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency first.
It’s anticipated to cost the like the tablet variation and to be offered in the exact same doses.
A total of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more frequently known by the brand Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs offered under the brand names Cialis and Levitra, were dished out by the health service in 2023
This comes after dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain’s biggest fake drug after more than ₤ 6.2 million of fake blue tablet were taken by UK regulators in 2023.
More materials of the erectile dysfunction drug were found than knock-off variations of pain relievers like morphine.
Health officials said online merchants flouting policies were behind the fake supplies with many being imported from nations 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 called Viagra, were taken last year.
Another half-million dosages of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug sold under the brand name Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were likewise taken.
While all medications carry possible adverse effects drugs from unreliable sources might either not work or carry extra ingredients or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that could be dangerous.
