Methadone detox is a process which should be undertaken by drug rehab professionals in a drug treatment program that acknowledges how serious and challenging methadone detox is. Methadone detox is very often far more serious in terms of symptoms of withdrawal and duration than even heroin detox, and individuals sometimes go back to methadone to ease symptoms or worse yet turn to heroin or prescription narcotics to ease symptoms. For this reason methadone detoxification should only be undergone under with the help of treatment professionals at an El Cajon drug rehab which has experience in handling this type of detoxification, and where the individual who is detoxing can take part in more extensive treatment services to handle all addiction problems.