Substance Use Recovery Program

May 1

At One Community Health, our Integrated Medication Assisted Treatment (IMAT) Program makes it easier to overcome substance use. We offer personalized care, including counseling, case management, and medical support. Our goal is to help you live an opioid-free life with a focus on your overall health.

IMAT Phone Line: 541.705.2157

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What is IMAT?

IMAT helps reduce withdrawal symptoms and cravings. We offer different medication options, such as buprenorphine or naltrexone, to support your recovery. Counseling is a key part of the program to help you fully recover.

*We do not prescribe Methadone.

How Medication Helps with Treatment

Reduces withdrawal symptoms
Lowers the risk of relapse
Stops opioid cravings
Helps you gradually stop medication

What to Expect

New Patient Registration: Sign up as a One Community Health patient to access IMAT and other health services.
Establish Care: Meet with a provider to review your health and treatment needs.
Assessment: A counselor will help determine the best treatment plan for you.
Consultation: Discuss medication options and program expectations with an IMAT provider.
Induction: Start on the right dose of medication to manage withdrawal symptoms.
Stabilization: Maintain a stable medication dose for consistent results.
Counseling: Attend regular counseling sessions to support your recovery.
Maintenance: Adjust your medication as you progress in your recovery.
Cessation: Gradually reduce your medication when ready, with ongoing support.

*The clinical services currently being provided occur as a component of One Community Health’s medical care and do not qualify as specialty substance use treatment but are a facet of an integrated model of care supporting Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Opiate Use Disorders. For any patient who requires extended specialty care for higher acuity, inpatient, intensive outpatient, or Dual Diagnosis Treatment, the IMAT team will closely collaborate with other community service providers including Mid-Columbia Center for Living, Wasco County Community Corrections, The Next Door, Compressive Healthcare, and others to provide our patients with individualized services to best meet their needs.

Frequently Asked Questions

A pattern of opiate use can lead to daily problems with friends, family and others in their community. Typically, opiate use disorder develops when opioids are taken in larger amounts over time, there is an unsuccessful desire to cut down, there’s continued use despite negative consequences, and/or a lot of time is spent on getting opioids, using opioids, or recovering from their effects.
An evidenced-based, outcomes-focused process of change whereby individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential. Our IMAT staff works closely with patients and their families on a path to recovery that is person-centered, strengths-based and trauma-informed. It is inclusive of family and is individualized and comprehensive.
IMAT uses longer-acting, safer medications to help overcome more dangerous opioids. Studies show maintenance treatment with long-acting opioids like buprenorphine tends to keep patients healthier, reduces criminal activity, and helps prevent drug-related diseases like HIV/AIDs and hepatitis. Patients who strongly object to using maintenance opioids may choose a different type of IMAT. For example, naltrexone is not an opioid—it works by blocking the effects of opioids in the brain for up to one month.
Opiate use disorder or addiction is not “cured” by medication alone—it is a “chronic” (long-lasting) disease. Just like diabetes is not “cured” by the use of insulin, people with addiction are not “cured” by medications alone. Success in recovery also requires participation in behavioral health treatments such as group and individual counseling, social support, long-term aftercare, and lifestyle changes.
Some people eventually quit using opioids on their own through abstinence, but most face dangerous cycles of relapse and recovery. IMAT can make the recovery process much safer. It has saved many lives by preventing death from overdose. Medical professionals view opioid use disorder as a medical disease. This disease can be caused by repeated exposure to a drug, coupled with genetic or environmental risk factors, leading to physical changes in the brain’s opioid receptors. In this view, addiction can be treated and managed with medication, much like other medical conditions.