User Reviews for Levemir FlexTouch U-100 Insulin subcutaneous

The new pen design is poorly made and hard to use. You have to push really hard to inject medicine and just poor design . The older pen was a much better design.i imagine the company saves a few cents at patient comfort expense.

My insurance stopped covering Lantus. Switched to Levemir maybe 3 years ago. Seemed to be a good product with the Flextouch pens, that auto dispense the insulin.Now they’ve cheapened up these to flex pens. Absolutely terrible. Very difficult to dispense. Ask the manufacturer to please go back to what worked.

too hard to push on new replacement lot nzf4f62 ,I bent 3 tips this week

The new one is very difficult to use. Seems like it’s a cheap, poor quality pen.

You can’t press the green button on the new pens. The old pens were so much easier. Why would a company cheapen there pens to make them so hard to push the green button. Novo Nordisk has no interest in what their customers think.

This New pen is VERY difficult for my 89 year old mother to push the button. She needs two hands and at times she has to push so hard the needle skims off causing the needle to cut her. The old pen with the auto button was perfect. Change the pen back and don't be so cheap trying to save a buck. This is for her health and she needs to administer the insulin herself.

I've used Levemir Flex-Touch injectors for years, but the new version of the pen simply doesn't work. I put the same needle tip I've been using for years (and have a big box of) in the new pen, dialed it to the same dosage, and pushed the button--and it injects one unit. I have to hit the button once for every unit I want to inject. Please give me the old design again.

Bring back the flexpen, this is too hard to push, changing to a vial because of this.

The new pen is very hard to use. I have to use 2 hands and push real hard to get it to dispense the full dose. Give me back the old pen please.

Pen to vary hard to push I need to use 2 hands

The new pen is very user unfriendly. Turning the dial to load is easy enough, but getting it to administer injection is almost impossible. I have to push extremely hard and then it will only do a couple of units. This results in pain as i am pushing so hard, resulting on the needle to hurt and burn. Give me back the old pen before this new and improved pen. St least it worked. Very unhappy.

Pen design is extremely flawed. Works 75% of the time.

I used these pens for quite a while without a single problem, but suddenly every one I use malfunctions. I have thrown away several, but in the future I will be returning them to the pharmacy when they malfunction. They are too expensive and too important to be so shoddy. Returning them will be a huge inconvenience.

Had to switch to this from Lantus due to insurance. I have to take this in the morning and night; it does not cover 24 hours. I've had several pens jam, first use of a new pen and the plunger does nothing, no click, no injection, dial does not go back to zero. I just spent 48 minutes between CVS Caremark and Novo Nordisk trying to get it resolved. Now I have to get a new Rx sent to local pharmacy to start the replacement voucher process. Given all the complaints, it seems like they just don't care enough to fix these design problems. Read More Read Less

I've had to throw away several pens because they jam. Needles will not come off, so I must use the same needle for the entire pen. I will be switching when I run out. Never had this problem with Lantus pens.

The pen mechanics are very poor and that is being nice, i have found that you have to replace the pen needles frequently, but the more urgent issue is that these pens are not reliable. They will often just stop dispensing and the requires that you use an old school syringe. I am tired of the reliability issues that often frequent these pens. I will switch to novalog.

Insurance would not cover Lantus pen so had three alternatives One was levemir flex pen so chose that one As many years ago had used it.25 units of lantus gave me better results with no and worse control not cost effective and many side effects 1- restlessness,poor sleep waking up too total dry mouth, tired ,food did not taste good, and feeling anxious throughout day

HATE THIS STUPID THING. I already have to stab myself twice to get the amount in me that I need, without the insulin pockets under my skin. The button CONSTANTLY JAMS. THIS THING IS ABSOLUTE GARBAGE. FORGET trying to travel to a higher altitude with these stupid things- they'll burst nearly every time! Which turns vacations into a $#!+ show. It jacks up EVERY SINGLE USE. there hasn't been a day go by since I've had this awful product, that it HASNT jammed. You never know how much insulin is ACTUALLY GOING INTO YOUR BODY! (WHICH HAS MESSED UP MY A1C) They blame it on the needles not poking through but I have novolog flex pens that hasn't jammed ONCE, so tell me how this is the needles problem? It works fine, when you can actually get it inside you. If you need this insulin, I'd ask the doctor about an alternative (solo star or something, which I've had in the past and also never had a jamming issue) this pen is a piece of junk. I would be happy to see this company fall apart and get jammed up just like their AWFUL, OVERPRICED PRODUCT. Read More Read Less

The mechanical/manufacturing quality of the Levemir pens is horrible.