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