Methadone detoxification is a process which should be supervised by drug addiction professionals within a drug treatment program who understand how difficult and challenging methadone detoxification can be. Methadone detox is known to be far more serious 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 relieve symptoms. This is why methadone detox must only be done under close supervision at a drug rehabilitation program which has experience in dealing with this type of detoxification, and where the individual can receive additional rehabilitation services to address all addiction issues.