Methadone detox is a process which should be overseen with the assistance of drug treatment professionals in a drug treatment program that acknowledges how difficult and how much of a challenge methadone detox is. Methadone detox is known as being far more severe in terms of symptoms and duration than even heroin detox, and individuals often relapse back onto methadone to ease symptoms or even worse turn to heroin or prescription pain relievers to alleviate symptoms of withdrawal. For this reason methadone detox should only be attempted under close supervision at a Ramah drug rehab which has experience in handling this form of detoxification, and where the individual who is detoxing may partake in more rehabilitation services to handle all substance abuse issues.