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New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill
The makers of Viagra are set to introduce a new ‘discrete’ type of the drug that will replace the renowned – and instantly recognisable – little blue pill.
The distinct diamond-shaped tablets might quickly be replaced by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that dissolves 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 last year there was a record 4.57 million prescriptions for Viagra on the NHS.
The drug initially came to the marketplace in the 1990s after being created by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.
It was very first established in the 1980s as a heart illness medication, but trial individuals observed it had an unusual adverse effects – regular erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand, has actually gotten a trademark 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 might be more suitable for lots of consumers.
The distinct tablets – which can trigger shame for some clients – has actually been transformed and a brand-new dissolvable type may be readily available to Brits in the next 5 years. Stock image
‘Tablets are not constantly bearable to clients and likewise in some cases the size of tablets might put clients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health professional, informed The Telegraph.
She added: ‘Some males might still be discovering the concept of having Viagr awkward, but I would hope that guys’s health and discussions about sexual health have moved on because Viagra was first formulated.’
Ms Govind thinks this brand-new style is a ‘positive advance’.
The new dissolvable medication is believed to likely pertained to the UK imminently.
Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and trade mark lawyer at Mewburn Ellis, informed the paper that the trademark application is a ‘excellent indication’ it will be offered within the next 5 years.
She described trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not utilized for a continuous period of five years or more after registration. As a result, it seems Viatris means to launch the item within the next couple of years.
However, granting a trademark would not guarantee the ODF might be offered and it would have to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency first.
It’s expected to cost the like the tablet version and to be offered in the same doses.
A total of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more frequently known by the brand Viagra, and other kinds of impotency drugs sold under the trademark name Cialis and Levitra, were dished out by the health service in 2023
This comes after dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain’s biggest counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 countless fake blue pill were taken by UK regulators in 2023.
More supplies of the erectile dysfunction drug were found than knock-off versions of painkillers like morphine.
Health authorities stated online merchants flouting policies were behind the counterfeit products with most being imported from countries 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 called 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 likewise seized.
While all medications bring potential negative effects drugs from unreliable sources might either not work or bring additional ingredients or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that might be dangerous.