Methadone detoxification is a process which should be undertaken with the assistance of drug rehab experts in a drug rehab program that acknowledges how difficult and challenging methadone detox is. Methadone detox is known to be far more severe when considering symptoms of withdrawal and length of time detoxing than even heroin detoxification, and persons can very easily relapse back onto methadone to ease symptoms or worse yet turn to heroin or prescription narcotics to ease symptoms of withdrawal. For this reason methadone detox should only be attempted under close supervision at a Rockland drug treatment facility that has experience in handling this type of detoxification, and where the individual may receive more treatment methods to handle all substance abuse concerns.