User Reviews for Levemir Flexpen subcutaneous

The new flexpen is a terrible replacement for the flextouch pen. The new design is a disaster. It's much harder to use and I don't know if the insulin is actually injecting into my body. Please go back to the previous flextouch pen design.

Worse change in delivery system ever. I'm 75 and have arthritis in my hands. Have to use both hands to use. Needle has bent every time. Will change medications. Shame on you for changing what was ok before.

The new pen delivery system (Spring 2023) is a disaster. Very difficult to use. The old spring-loaded system was fantastic. I call Novo Norodisk and asked for the Levemir brand manager to be fired. Will also begin looking for a competitor's product to use instead of this junk.

The new flexpen is absolutely awful. My hands are small and I'm having extreme trouble injecting myself with this new pen. I have to use two hands and still that is difficult. Excessive bruising and many bent needles not to mention the fact that this new pen only delivers 60 units when my prescribed dosage is 70 units. So now I have to go through this painful experience twice each day instead of once. I guess I will ask the Dr. for a different type of insulin. So ridiculous. Is there anyone higher that we can report this absurd change to? Read More Read Less

This new pen is a complete misfire. I never struggled with the spring loaded pen. But this new pen is simply hard to use. Having to hold the pen, push in the now manually propelled button while holding the skin is a horrible user experience. This is the perfect example of a downgrade.

BIG BOX PHARMACY HAS CHANGEC THE LEVEMIR PEN. I'm currently using the Levemir product for type 11 control. NOVO NORDISK is putting out a "flexPen" product now. It requires two hands to administer. The previous pen was easy to use, awesome! I'm 71 years old and struggle to use the pen. How are elderly and handicap people suppose to self administrator without help. Myself I will contact my Doctor immediately to make changes to another product with ease of use TODAY. FlexPen is not the only pen on the market. Take time to smell the roses people! Get It Done Right Novo Nordisk! Struggling in North Dakota, FredRead More Read Less

I have been using Levemir insulin for several years now, and had no problems until this past week when I went to inject myself with the new “pen” delivery system. It is absolutely awful ! I can not understand what in the world they were thinking when they “redesigned “ the product! Was the designer drunk or just a sadist? First off, this is very difficult for a person to have the coordination and dexterity needed to self administer. I am only 52, and have difficulty; I can only imagine how difficult it would be for someone in their 70-80’s. Secondly, the fact that the medication isn’t given by a spring-loaded mechanism, means that it takes an extremely long time to administer, and is significantly more painful, as I believe the needle is getting bent before all of the medication has been delivered. It seems as though one needs to change the needle per every 20 units given in order to not have the needle bend. Thirdly, I am on 80 units, and this device now only delivers 60 units, so I have to change my needle mid- administration, assuming that it were possible to do the 60 units without changing needles in the first place. This is ridiculous. It is unnecessarily time consuming and painful to use the new system, and I do worry about scar tissue developing at injection sites from needles being bent mid administration. The claim on Noro Nordisc’s website, that this change was made in order to help consumers and “keep up with demand” is pure malarkey! This company has had the Flextouch” pen around for about 10 years with no issues, and if one reads consumer reviews, most patients using the new pen are not at all happy with this change. Clearly this was a financial move for the company, as there was no issue with the flex touch pen. If I were this company, I would REALLY RECONSIDER this move and return to their old flex touch pens, or they might be sorely disappointed with sales going forward. I, for one, might be taking my prescription business elsewhere and ask to be charged to a different medication soon, if they don’t go back to the old design, and would encourage other users to consider doing the same. There are other brands of insulin out there. This brand is highly expensive and makes the company an enormous amount of profit. Maybe the only way that these drug companies will hear the concerns of their patients/consumers/customers is when their customers/patients say it by bringing their business elsewhere.Read More Read Less

Who ever redesigned this pen should be fired this is poorly designed for older users. It is extremely difficult to hold the pen straight and upright while pushing the plunger. The plunger is very stiff and hard to press down.

it's the new flex pen. this thing sucks. how does the mf'er who designed this even still have a job? hard to hold while dispensing, takes way too long. multiple presses to restart the dispense process. cheap button on top is too close to the spiraling barrel. now takes two hands to hold an steady the pen. needles tend to bend, which never happened with the older flex touch. what is wrong with these people? did you even beta test the design before throwing it on the market?

This new pen sucks, you made it worse by changing it. Go back and start over.

I just used one of the new pens last night for the first time. Novo Nordisk is already making gazillions of dollars on the sale of insulin, yet they had to cut corners on the pen. For the first time ever, the needle bent in my leg while it was injected. This is while I tried to get the pen to administer the insulin. Put back the spring-loaded pens. They work fine and are not difficult to administer.

Hate the new Levemir pen, had to get husband to help give me shots. Wish they had not changed, been using for years and like the product.

They took a "fairly poor" design in the Flex Touch and made it MANY times AWFUL. While the weak spring loaded FlexTouch would often deliver the dose so slowly you wondered it it would finish (every time), usually it would - Only completely failing and jamming to render the pen useless maybe once every 10 pens. Yes, leaving unobtainable medicine to throw away. Now, you have to HOPE you have the dexterity of a 20yr old Sleight of Hand Magician to plunge in the dose manually. It is virtually impossible in some of THEIR recommended injection sites (Triceps). For Triceps you habe to have a very LONG and STRONG pinky and re-grip 2-3 times per injection. Awful modification... Read More Read Less

FlexPen very cheaply made. Plunger is very slow and stop off and on as the plunger spirals down. FlexTouch was perfect.

The new delivery system is total crud. It's like a toy injection device you'd find in a kid's pretend medical kit. The old flextouch was a medical device. This is not solely because I just don't like change. It was obviously done to increase profits.

Spent days and hours trying to contact with the product safety department of Love Nordisk and they gave me a real run around about the new design. Apparently this new design is their old design brought back. They don’t care that us seniors with arthritis are having trouble injecting our Levemir. The answer given “So Change Your Medication.” Why should I have to change a medication that has been working so well for me just because a company doesn’t care.

Much harder to use than FlexTouch. A major step backward. Hard to push the plunger because it's not spring-loaded like FlexTouch. For seniors with thumb/hand problems, very hard to use.

This is a terrible design. It is very difficult to use. I have to use 2 hands to administer my insulin. I didn't have this problem with the flex touch pen. I have bruises and my morning readings have been higher. I wonder if this pen is distributing the medication correctly. Something needs to change.

The new FlexPen is very hard to use compared to the Flextouch. I have arthritis and it now takes both hands to give myself an injection. The Flextouch was spring loaded and east to use. I will be talking to my Dr. to find a suitable replacement. The only advantage for the FlexTouch I can see is that it is cheaper to manufacture. Great for you, not worth it for me. The insulin is great, but the new pen needs to go.

I like the old style but the new style is flimsy and cheaply made.