Addiction and dependence to methadone can compromise a methadone user's quality of life, even when the person is using methadone as part of an opiate maintenance program. In fact, methadone maintenance doesn't treat opiate dependence and just leaves an individual in Longboat Key dependent to another drug, which can cause serious side effects and many other undesirable results. For this reason, methadone users who wish to stop using methadone may undergo a methadone detox at a drug treatment facility in the Longboat Key area that specializes in this kind of detoxification. There are a variety of drug rehab centers in Longboat Key which offer methadone detox services, most of which work to follow this up with more intensive drug rehab services designed to treat beyond just the physical effects of drug addiction.