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New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill
The makers of Viagra are set to launch a brand-new ‘discrete’ form of the drug that will change the renowned – and instantly recognisable – little blue pill.
The distinct diamond-shaped tablets could soon be replaced by a pink, rectangular ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, implying it does not need 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 initially came to the market in the 1990s after being developed by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.
It was very first established in the 1980s as a heart illness medication, however trial individuals discovered it had an unusual side result – frequent erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand name, has actually made an application for a trademark in the UK for the brand-new form of the drug, Viagra ODF.
Viatris has currently released the Viagra ODF in Canada and promoted it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be more effective for many consumers.
The distinct tablets – which can trigger humiliation for some clients – has actually been reinvented and a new dissolvable type may be readily available to Brits in the next five years. Stock image
‘Tablets are not always bearable to patients and likewise sometimes the size of tablets might put patients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health professional, informed The Telegraph.
She added: ‘Some men may still be finding the idea of having Viagr humiliating, but I would hope that males’s health and conversations about sexual health have actually proceeded because Viagra was very first created.’
Ms Govind believes this brand-new style is a ‘positive action forward’.
The brand-new dissolvable medication is thought to most likely pertained to the UK imminently.
Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark lawyer at Mewburn Ellis, told the newspaper that the hallmark application is a ‘great indication’ it will be offered within the next 5 years.
She explained trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a constant period of five years or more after registration. As an outcome, it seems Viatris means to launch the product within the next few years.
However, giving a trademark would not guarantee the ODF might be sold and it would have to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency initially.
It’s expected to cost the like the tablet variation and to be available in the exact same dosages.
An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more frequently known by the brand name Viagra, and other kinds of impotency drugs sold under the brand names Cialis and Levitra, were dished out 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 phony blue tablet were seized 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 guidelines lagged the counterfeit products with a lot of being imported from countries like India without an appropriate licence.
Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare items Regulatory Agency (MHRA), reveal 2.6 million doses of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best to as Viagra, were confiscated in 2015.
Another half-million dosages of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug sold under the brand name Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were also seized.
While all medications carry prospective side results drugs from undependable sources might either not work or bring additional components or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that might be hazardous.