Fears of disliking certain aspects of medicine?

Does anyone else have this fear of only treating the symptoms but not the disease? If I have to spend the rest of my life prescribing Metformin for high blood sugar or statins for high cholesterol without attempting to fix the root cause, I’d rip my hair out. I wouldn’t take such a job even if it paid me 500k because I’d be treating symptoms rather than disease. In fact, I’d be much more satisfied with a 150k job where I could directly help a patient cut out processed sugar and excess... Read more
Source: Student Doctor Network - Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums