Methadone detox is a course of action which should always be undertaken by drug treatment professionals in a drug rehabilitation program that acknowledges how difficult and how much of a challenge methadone detoxification can be. Methadone detox is known to be significantly more severe in terms of symptoms of withdrawal and length of time detoxing than even heroin detoxification, and persons often go back to methadone to alleviate symptoms or even worse turn to heroin or medical narcotics to relieve symptoms of withdrawal. For this reason methadone detox should only be done under with the help of staff at a Follansbee drug rehab which has experience in addressing this form of detox, and where the person may receive more rehabilitation services to handle all substance abuse concerns.