Clear answers for your health journey.
Trusted information about healthy weight, nourishment, movement, sleep and sustainable habits—with a dedicated companion for people using GLP-1 and related weight-management medicines.
✓ Healthy-living and medicine guidance is open to everyone. Pathfields’ Mounjaro pilot remains invitation only.
What brings you here today?
General support and medication information are open to everyone. The Pathfields pilot route is only for patients whom the practice has invited to take part.
Build health in a way that fits your life
Start with what matters, understand your patterns and choose one manageable change.
Open the lifestyle tools →Medication informationUsing a GLP-1 or related weight-management medicine?
Shared guidance about side effects, eating enough, nourishment and safety, with product-specific pages clearly labelled.
Open the medicine guide →Pathfields patients by invitationI’m taking part in the Mounjaro pilot
Watch Dr Mel’s introduction and find the Pathfields first-weeks and clinical-update information.
Enter the pilot area →Start with one area that could help.
Weight is shaped by far more than willpower. Lifestyle medicine looks at the whole picture and helps you choose a realistic starting point—not complete a checklist.
- NourishmentRegular, satisfying food without rigid rules.Open guide →
- Movement & strengthRealistic activity, starting from where you are.Open guide →
- Sleep & recoveryRest, pacing and restorative sleep.Open guide →
- Stress & emotional healthManageable ways to support wellbeing.Open guide →
- Connection & purposeRelationships, belonging and meaning.Open guide →
- Smoking, alcohol & other risksNon-judgemental support when it is relevant.Open guide →
Start with the question you have today.
Most guidance here is shared across semaglutide, liraglutide and tirzepatide. Product-specific instructions remain clearly labelled because doses, devices, missed-dose rules, storage and interactions can differ.
Weight-loss medications: how they work, their benefits and their risks
A balanced patient guide to weight-loss medicines including Wegovy, Mounjaro, benefits, risks, side effects, NHS access and long-term support.
Read guide →02Essential guideManaging side effects from GLP-1 and related medicines
A practical guide to common digestive and appetite-related side effects of GLP-1 and related weight-management medicines, plus warning symptoms that need medical help.
Read guide →03Essential guideEating well when your appetite is reduced
A practical guide to eating well when GLP-1 or related weight-management medicines reduce appetite: nourishment, protein, fibre, fluids and making every bite count.
Read guide →04Essential guideWhy protein matters with weight-management medicines
A practical guide to protein, muscle maintenance, strength activity, small meals and protein supplements while appetite is reduced.
Read guide →Check the title before using medicine instructions. General pages say “GLP-1 and related medicines”; pages about a Mounjaro pen, dose or interaction say “Mounjaro”.
Only use this pathway if Pathfields has invited you.
Mounjaro prescribing through Pathfields is currently invitation only. Please do not contact the surgery to request treatment or ask to join a waiting list. General healthy-weight and medication guidance remains open to everyone.
Taking part in the Pathfields pilot?
Dr Mel Lemon explains how Mounjaro works and how behavioural support and Pathfields clinical care fit together.
Use the pilot guides below alongside the instructions and questionnaires sent directly by Pathfields.
Your Pathfields guides.
Start with the guide that matches where you are in the pilot.
Before your first Mounjaro dose
A two-minute checklist covering your pen, starting dose, injection day and the safety information to know before you begin.
Read guide →Pathfields pilotYour first week on Mounjaro
What you may notice in week one, how to look after yourself and which symptoms should not wait for a routine review.
Read guide →Pathfields pilotYour four-week Mounjaro update
Why Pathfields sends a SystmOne questionnaire, what to include and how your answers support safe prescribing.
Read guide →Pathfields pilotI missed my Mounjaro dose—what should I do?
The official four-day rule, when to skip a missed injection and why you should never take two doses too close together.
Read guide →Pen, dose, storage and interaction guidance
These pages stay product-specific because the instructions cannot safely be transferred to another medicine.
Shared guidance for GLP-1 and related medicines.
These answers cover practical issues shared by several medicines. Use the Mounjaro pilot area for pen, dose, storage and interaction instructions.
Managing side effects from GLP-1 and related medicines
A practical guide to common digestive and appetite-related side effects of GLP-1 and related weight-management medicines, plus warning symptoms that need medical help.
Read guide →When are side effects from weight-management injections usually worse?
Why digestive side effects can be more noticeable after starting or increasing a GLP-1 or related weight-management medicine, and when symptoms need help.
Read guide →Can weight loss or weight-management medicines cause hair loss?
A calm guide to hair shedding during weight loss, possible medicine-related effects, nutrition and when a clinical review may be useful.
Read guide →Pancreatitis: warning signs while using GLP-1 or related medicines
The important symptoms to recognise, when not to take another dose and when to seek urgent medical help.
Read guide →What helps with nausea or constipation on GLP-1 and related medicines?
Practical steps for two common digestive side effects of GLP-1 and related weight-management medicines, plus signs that need medical advice.
Read guide →Do I need supplements while using weight-management medication?
A practical guide to vitamins, protein powders, fibre supplements and rehydration products while using GLP-1 or related weight-management medicines.
Read guide →Eating well when your appetite is reduced
A practical guide to eating well when GLP-1 or related weight-management medicines reduce appetite: nourishment, protein, fibre, fluids and making every bite count.
Read guide →Will I regain weight if I stop weight-management medication?
An honest, reassuring guide to weight regain after stopping GLP-1 or related medicines, including biology, habits and long-term planning.
Read guide →Browse by the kind of help you need.
A useful guide may appear in more than one collection. You still only need to read it once.
Healthy weight beyond medication
Lifestyle, nourishment, movement, motivation and long-term health—useful whether or not you take medication.
Considering or using weight-management medication
Benefits, limitations, nourishment and longer-term planning across GLP-1 and related medicines.
Common questions about GLP-1 and related medicines
Shared practical guidance about side effects, appetite, safety and supplements. Follow your own medicine leaflet for product-specific instructions.
Pathfields Mounjaro pilot and product-specific guidance
For invited Pathfields participants, plus instructions that must remain specific to tirzepatide, its KwikPen, dosing and interactions.