Methadone detox is a process which should be overseen with the assistance of drug detox professionals in an alcohol and drug rehab facility that acknowledges how serious and how much of a challenge methadone detoxification can be. Methadone detox is very often far more severe in terms of symptoms of withdrawal and duration than even heroin detoxification, and persons can very easily go back to methadone to ease symptoms or worse yet begin abusing heroin or medical opioids to ease symptoms. Due to this methadone detoxification should only be done under with the help of treatment professionals at a Whitelaw drug treatment facility which has expertise in addressing this type of detoxification, and where the person can partake in more extensive treatment methods to handle all addiction issues.