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New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill
The makers of Viagra are set to a new ‘discrete’ kind of the drug that will replace the iconic – and instantly recognisable – little blue tablet.
The unique diamond-shaped tablets might soon be changed by a pink, rectangular ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, indicating it does not need to be taken with water.
About half of guys over 40 suffer erectile dysfunction in the UK and last year 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 first developed in the 1980s as a heart problem medication, but trial individuals noticed it had an uncommon negative effects – frequent erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand name, has actually gotten a trademark in the UK for the new kind 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 suitable for many clients.
The distinctive tablets – which can trigger humiliation for some clients – has 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 likewise in some cases the size of tablets might put patients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health professional, informed The Telegraph.
She included: ‘Some men may still be finding the concept of having Viagr embarrassing, but I would hope that men’s health and discussions about sexual health have actually moved on given that Viagra was very first formulated.’
Ms Govind thinks this brand-new style is a ‘favorable action forward’.
The brand-new dissolvable medication is thought to most likely concerned the UK imminently.
Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark lawyer at Mewburn Ellis, told the newspaper that the hallmark application is a ‘excellent 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 product within the next few years.
However, approving a hallmark would not guarantee the ODF could be sold and it would have to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency initially.
It’s anticipated to cost the like 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 brand name Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs offered under the brand names Cialis and Levitra, were dispensed by the health service in 2023
This follows dodgy Viagra was found to be Britain’s most significant fake drug after more than ₤ 6.2 countless fake blue tablet were taken by UK regulators in 2023.
More products of the erectile dysfunction drug were discovered than knock-off variations of pain relievers like morphine.
Health authorities stated online sellers flouting guidelines were behind the counterfeit supplies with many being imported from nations like India without an appropriate licence.
Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), show 2.6 million doses of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best understood as Viagra, were confiscated last year.
Another half-million doses of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug sold under the brand Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were also taken.
While all medications bring possible negative effects drugs from unreliable sources might either not work or bring extra ingredients or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that might be dangerous.