Methadone detoxification is a process which must be supervised by drug addiction professionals within a drug rehabilitation facility who realize how difficult and challenging methadone detox can be. Methadone detox is regarded to be far more severe in terms of symptoms and duration than even heroin detox, and users typically revert back to methadone to ease withdrawal symptoms or, worse yet, turn to heroin or prescription opioids to alleviate symptoms. This is why methadone detoxification should only be done under close supervision at a drug treatment program which has experience in handling this type of detox, and where the individual can receive further treatment services to handle all addiction issues.