Methadone detoxification is a procedure which should always be undertaken with the assistance of drug treatment specialists in a drug rehab facility that recognizes how difficult and how much of a challenge methadone detoxification can be. Methadone detoxification is very often far more serious when considering symptoms of withdrawal and length of time detoxing than even heroin detox, and persons can very easily relapse back onto methadone to ease symptoms or even worse turn to heroin or prescription narcotics to ease symptoms. For this reason methadone detox should only be attempted under close supervision at a Townshend drug rehab that has experience in addressing this form of detoxification, and where the individual can take part in more extensive rehab services to address all addiction issues.