User Reviews for Levemir Flexpen subcutaneous

Am 76 and hands are week. This new pen is terrible and very hard to inject. JUNK !

Please have the flex touch brought back. The flex pen is horrible to use. I would pay more if it’s a matter of money to bring back flextouch.

Go back to flex touch. The flexpen stinks!!

This new design is flawed. I had no issues with the previous design. This design has the push button turn out to the dosage. This makes it difficult to manage with one hand. I am unable to reach the button with my thumb without holding the pen at the top end making the injection end wobbly and insecure. It's hard to push the pen in causing it to become unstable. I've had bent needles, bruised skin and insufficient injections due to the needle coming out while injecting. I don't believe this pen was properly tested with a variety of users - I'm a female, but have large hands and struggle. I can't imagine use for those with smaller hands. This is a design failure. Read More Read Less

The new pen is horrible and I routinely cut my skin and/or bend the needle trying to administer my dose. If I can find something better, I’m changing away from this terrible pen. They should be ashamed.

I hate the new pens. I give the shot to my mother twice a day. Horrible design!

The new pen design is horrific, ESPECIALLY if you have arthritis in your hands. Pushing the plunger down becomes an impossible and painful task. Makes ZERO sense.

The new pen is horrible. Very difficult to use, causes spillage and pain. I want the old pen or a different product.

I have used levimir flex touch for years. The pen was easy to use. NOW with the-pen, I hate it. The pen is extremely difficult to use for anyone with arthritis. It takes 2 hands t¹o use vertical clumsy, very awkward. Bring back the Flex touch, please.

The flex pen was much easier to use. I tend to bend the needle trying to inject the insulin. It now takes 2 hands and much more pressure to inject,

The medication has worked fairly well for me but does not last the day. The new pen is HORRIBLE. We're changing to a better med and pen.

The new flex pens are terrible. They are hard to use and cause bruising. PLEASE change back to the previous pens!

Pen is not easy to push down. Go back to flexTouch it's 100% better

New flex pen is terrible. Please please go back to flex touch, it is 100% better.

I hate this new Flexpen. I like the flex touch better.

This new flex pen is horrible and harder to use than the prior device. It’s like a cheap toy.

My dad, who has been living with me since 2020, has been using the Levemir FlexTouch for a number of years. With Levemir’s move to discontinue it and replace it with the FlexPen, we have requested his doctor to switch him to a different insulin brand (doctor just moved him to Lantus) because it has become EXTREMELY difficult for both he and I to inject it into his body without resulting in spillage and/or pain and/or bleeding and/or bruising. Because of spills, his blood sugar readings have steadily increased and we don’t know how much is actually being delivered. Unfortunately he has to wait until the supply of Levemir is used up before insurance will pay for the replacement.Read More Read Less

Terrible “upgrade”flex touch worked…the flex pen is a piece of garbage. Is there another insulin delivery unit as easy to use as the flex touch was?

Glad to read these reviews. I thought I was the only one who hated the new Levemir pen. What a piece of junk! Cheaply made, hard to control, hard to use. The payoff for the company must have been huge for them to settle for this crap. Shame on you!

The new flex pen is absolutely horrible. Bent needles, having to stick myself more than once has turned this into a terrible experience. Need to bring back the flex touch.