Methadone detoxification is a process which should always be undertaken with the assistance of drug detox professionals in an alcohol and drug treatment program that recognizes how difficult and how much of a challenge methadone detox can be. Methadone detoxification is known to be significantly more severe in terms of symptoms and duration than even heroin detoxification, and persons can very easily go back to methadone to ease symptoms of withdrawal or worse yet begin abusing heroin or medical opioids to ease symptoms. For this reason methadone detoxification should only be attempted under close supervision at a Stroudsburg drug treatment facility that has expertise in handling this form of detoxification, and where the individual who is detoxing may partake in more extensive treatment services to handle all addiction issues.