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