Addiction and dependence to methadone can greatly decrease one's quality of life, even if the person is using methadone as part of an opiate maintenance plan. Unfortunately, methadone maintenance will not resolve opiate dependence and simply leaves a the substance abuser in Menlo addicted to a different substance of abuse, which can usually causes serious side effects and many other consequences. For this reason, methadone users who wish to stop using methadone can take part in a methadone detoxification at a drug rehab in the Menlo area which specializes in this kind of detox. There are many drug rehab programs in Menlo that deliver methadone detox services, a great many of which will also follow this up with specialized drug rehab services designed to treat a great deal more than just the physical effects of drug addiction.