Addiction and dependence to methadone can greatly decrease one's quality of life, even if the individual is using methadone because of an opiate maintenance program. In fact, methadone maintenance doesn't treat opiate addiction and simply leaves an individual in Hilo dependent to a different drug, which can usually causes serious side effects and many other undesirable results. For this reason, methadone users who want to get off of methadone may undergo a methadone detox at a drug treatment facility in the Hilo area that has experience in this type of detox. There are several drug treatment programs in Hilo that provide methadone detox services, a great many of which will also compliment these services with more intensive treatment services aimed at treating a great deal more than just the physical effects of addiction.