Shawnee Health Service offers medication-assisted treatment (MAT) at Shawnee Health Care through primary care for those who want to stop using heroin or other opioids (“pain killers” such as Vicodin, OxyContin, Hydrocodone, and others).

In this video, Dr. Jeff Ripperda discusses Buprenorphine (BYOO-pre-NOR-feen), an opioid medication used to treat opioid addiction.