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New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill
The makers of Viagra are set to release 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, suggesting it does not require to be taken with water.
About half of guys 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 marketplace in the 1990s after being developed by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
It was very first developed in the 1980s as a heart problem medication, but trial participants noticed it had an effects – 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 actually currently released the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be more effective for numerous consumers.
The unique tablets – which can trigger humiliation for some clients – has been reinvented and a brand-new dissolvable type may be available to Brits in the next five years. Stock image
‘Tablets are not constantly tolerable to clients and also often the size of tablets may put clients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health professional, informed The Telegraph.
She included: ‘Some males might still be discovering the concept of having Viagr embarrassing, however I would hope that males’s health and conversations about sexual health have actually proceeded since Viagra was first created.’
Ms Govind believes this brand-new design is a ‘positive advance’.
The new dissolvable medication is believed to likely concerned the UK imminently.
Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark attorney at Mewburn Ellis, informed the paper that the hallmark application is a ‘good sign’ it will be readily available within the next five years.
She described trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not utilized for a constant period of 5 years or more after registration. As a result, it appears Viatris means to release the item within the next few years.
However, granting a hallmark would not guarantee the ODF could be sold and it would have to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare items Regulatory Agency first.
It’s expected 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 understood by the brand name Viagra, and other kinds of impotency drugs sold under the brand names Cialis and Levitra, were dispensed by the health service in 2023
This comes after dodgy Viagra was found to be Britain’s most significant counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 countless fake blue tablet were seized by UK regulators in 2023.
More materials of the erectile dysfunction drug were discovered than knock-off versions of pain relievers like morphine.
Health authorities said online merchants flouting policies lagged the fake materials with the majority of 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 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 Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were likewise seized.
While all medications carry potential side effects drugs from unreliable sources might either not work or carry additional components or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that could be dangerous.