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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 immediately recognisable – little blue pill.
The unique diamond-shaped tablets could soon be replaced by a pink, rectangle-shaped ‘wafer’ that liquifies on the tongue, indicating 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 concerned the marketplace in the 1990s after being developed by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.
It was first established in the 1980s as a cardiovascular disease medication, however trial individuals observed it had an side impact – frequent erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand name, has actually made an application for a hallmark in the UK for the new form of the drug, Viagra ODF.
Viatris has actually currently introduced the Viagra ODF in Canada and marketed it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which might be more suitable for numerous customers.
The distinctive tablets – which can trigger shame for some patients – has actually been transformed and a brand-new dissolvable type might 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 clients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health specialist, told The Telegraph.
She included: ‘Some males may still be discovering the idea of having Viagr humiliating, but I would hope that males’s health and discussions about sexual health have moved on since Viagra was very first developed.’
Ms Govind thinks this new design is a ‘favorable advance’.
The brand-new dissolvable medication is believed to most likely concerned the UK imminently.
Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark lawyer at Mewburn Ellis, informed the newspaper that the trademark application is a ‘great 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 duration of 5 years or more after registration. As a result, it appears Viatris means to release the product within the next few years.
However, granting a hallmark would not ensure the ODF could be sold and it would have to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency initially.
It’s expected to cost the like the tablet version and to be readily available in the exact same dosages.
A total of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more frequently known by the brand name Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs offered under the brand name names Cialis and Levitra, were dished out by the health service in 2023
This follows dodgy Viagra was found to be Britain’s greatest fake drug after more than ₤ 6.2 countless phony blue tablet were taken by UK regulators in 2023.
More products of the erectile dysfunction drug were found than knock-off variations of pain relievers like morphine.
Health authorities stated online sellers flouting regulations lagged the fake products with many being imported from countries like India without an appropriate licence.
Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), show 2.6 million dosages of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best called Viagra, were seized in 2015.
Another half-million dosages of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug sold under the brand name Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were likewise taken.
While all medications bring potential adverse effects drugs from unreliable sources might either not work or bring additional components or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that might be dangerous.