Medication Assisted Therapy

Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) - What is it?

MAT is a combination of medication(s) that treat addiction and therapies including individual and/or group counseling. When used in combination, MAT patients are better able to meet their goals in life and health. Prairie Ridge offers all options available for MAT with patient-centered decision making and care.

MAT Treatment Has Been Shown to:

Lower your risk of relapse.
Improve well-being.
Increase your ability to fulfill goals, such as maintaining a job.
Improve birth outcomes among women who have substance use disorders and are pregnant.
Decrease the risk of getting HIV or hepatitis C, protecting both yourself and others.

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How to Get Started:

Call 641-424-2391 to get in touch with a member of our clinical staff.

Medications:

There are three medications approved to treat addiction, and Prairie Ridge offers patients a choice in the medication that will best meet their needs and help them to achieve their goals.

Buprenorphine (Suboxone):

A partial opioid agonist available through our outpatient behavioral health practitioners.

Treats opioid use disorder.
Decreases opioid overdose death rates by 50%.
Helps with cravings and withdrawal symptoms.
Safe and effective when used as prescribed.
Safe for use during pregnancy.
May cause constipation, sweating, hypogonadism, and headaches.
Available in tablets, films, and/or monthly injections.

Methadone:

A full opioid agonist only available through our Opioid Treatment Program (OTP).

Treats opioid use disorder.
Can be more effective in those using fetanyl.
Decreases opioid overdose dealth rates by 50%.
Stops cravings and withdrawal symptoms.
Safe and effective when used as prescribed.
Safe for use during pregnancy.
Requires daily dosing for a period of time with some take-home dosing available as well.
Closely monitored.
May cause constipation, sweating, hypogonadism, QTc prolongation, drug interactions, and respiratory depression.
Available in liquid form only.

Naltrexone:

Full opioid antagonist. Available in our outpatient behavioral health practitioners.

Used to treat opioid use disorder and alcohol use disorder.
Helps with cravings.
Safe and effective when taken as prescribed.
Blocks analegesic effects of opioids, liver enzyme elevation, and reduces opioid tolerance.
Available in tablets and/or monthly injections.

Medication Assisted Therapy

Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) - What is it?

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