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 explains the science of opioid addiction, how opioids work, how the body can become addicted to opioids, and why a person who is addicted to opioids may not be able to "just quit."