Methadone detoxification is a process which should always be undertaken by drug treatment experts in a drug rehab program that recognizes how difficult and challenging methadone detox can be. Methadone detox is known to be significantly more severe in terms of symptoms and duration than even heroin detoxification, and individuals sometimes relapse back onto methadone to ease symptoms of withdrawal or even worse turn to heroin or medical narcotics to alleviate symptoms. This is why methadone detoxification should only be done under close supervision at an Eldersburg drug treatment facility which has expertise in handling this type of detoxification, and where the individual can take part in more treatment methods to handle all substance abuse concerns.