Addiction and dependence to methadone can compromise one's quality of life, even if the individual is taking methadone as part of an opiate maintenance plan. Unfortunately, methadone maintenance will not resolve opiate dependence and simply leaves a treatment client in El Cajon, California dependent to a different substance of abuse, which can usually causes disconcerting side effects and many other consequences. Due to this, person who desire to get off of methadone can take part in a methadone detoxification at a drug rehab in the El Cajon area which specializes in this form of detoxification. There are a variety of drug rehab centers in El Cajon, California which deliver methadone detoxification services, a great many of which will also continue with extensive rehab services designed to treat far more than just the physical effects of addiction.