Insulin Detemir
Brand names: Levemir, Levemir Flexpen, Levemir Flextouch
Part of: Insulin
At a glance
- Medicare prescriptions, 2024
- 287,281
- Medicare drug cost
- $56.8M
- Average cost per prescription
- $198
- Clinicians who prescribed it
- 14,161
Where it is prescribed
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What it is used for
LEVEMIR is indicated to improve glycemic control in adult and pediatric patients with diabetes mellitus. Limitations of Use LEVEMIR is not recommended for the treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis.
From the FDA-approved prescribing information (label dated October 2024). Full labels on DailyMed (opens in a new tab)
Who prescribes it
- Family Medicine 32.2%
- Internal Medicine 29.1%
- Nurse Practitioners 17.1%
- Endocrinology & Diabetes 10.9%
- Physician Assistants 4.0%
- Geriatric Medicine 2.4%
- General Practice 1.6%
- Hospitalist 0.7%
- Nephrology (Kidney) 0.3%
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) 0.2%
- Cardiology 0.2%
- Pulmonology 0.2%
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Share of Medicare prescriptions written by each specialty. Select one to list its prescribers.
Trend, 2019–2024
Medicare prescriptions fell 79% from 2019 to 2024.
Biggest change by state since 2019
- District of Columbia −69%
- Alabama −72%
- Utah −73%
- Louisiana −74%
- Idaho −74%
- South Dakota (smallest change) −89%
- Montana (smallest change) −88%
From CMS’s yearly state and national Part D summaries, which count every prescriber, including those CMS leaves out of its per-clinician data (fewer than 11 prescriptions). That is why these totals are higher than the count at the top of this page. Prescriptions include refills.
Industry payments about this drug
No industry payments to clinicians named this drug in 2025.
Recalls and shortages
Not on the FDA drug shortage list.
No FDA-reported recalls since 2020.
Sources: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug (2024; prescriptions include refills, and CMS hides counts under 11 per prescriber); U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA (drug labels, NDC directory, enforcement reports, drug shortages); CMS Open Payments 2025; ClinicalTrials.gov. General information only, not medical advice; not yet reviewed by our medical reviewer.