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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’ kind of the drug that will replace the renowned – and instantly recognisable – little blue pill.
The distinctive diamond-shaped tablets might quickly be changed by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that liquifies 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 concerned the marketplace in the 1990s after being invented by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.
It was very first established in the 1980s as a cardiovascular disease medication, but trial individuals saw it had an unusual negative effects – regular erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand, has actually made an application for a hallmark in the UK for the brand-new type of the drug, Viagra ODF.
Viatris has actually already released the Viagra ODF in Canada and promoted it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be more effective for many clients.
The distinct tablets – which can cause shame for some patients – has been transformed and a type may be available to Brits in the next 5 years. Stock image
‘Tablets are not always bearable to clients and likewise sometimes the size of tablets may put clients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health specialist, informed The Telegraph.
She included: ‘Some men may still be finding the concept of having Viagr embarrassing, however I would hope that men’s health and discussions about sexual health have carried on because Viagra was very first formulated.’
Ms Govind thinks this brand-new design is a ‘positive step forward’.
The brand-new dissolvable medication is believed to likely pertained to the UK imminently.
Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark lawyer at Mewburn Ellis, informed the paper that the hallmark application is a ‘good indicator’ it will be available within the next 5 years.
She discussed trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a continuous period of five years or more after registration. As an outcome, it seems Viatris intends to release the product within the next few years.
However, approving a hallmark would not ensure the ODF could be sold and it would have to be authorized by the Medicines & Healthcare items 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 commonly known by the trademark name Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs offered under the brand name names Cialis and Levitra, were dispensed by the health service in 2023
This follows dodgy Viagra was discovered to be Britain’s greatest fake 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 variations of pain relievers like morphine.
Health authorities stated online retailers flouting guidelines were behind the fake materials with many being imported from countries like India without a proper licence.
Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), reveal 2.6 million doses of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best referred to as Viagra, were seized last year.
Another half-million doses of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug offered under the brand name Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were also seized.
While all medications bring possible adverse effects drugs from undependable sources might either not work or bring additional ingredients or pollutants like heavy metals or other drugs that could be hazardous.