Methadone detoxification is a process which must be overseen by substance abuse professionals within a drug treatment facility who understand how difficult and challenging methadone detox can be. Methadone detox 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 relieve symptoms. This is why methadone detox should only be done under close supervision at a drug rehabilitation program which has experience in handling this type of detoxification, and where the person can receive additional recovery services to deal with all addiction issues.