Methadone detoxification is a course of action which should be overseen with the assistance of drug treatment experts in a drug rehab facility that understands how difficult and challenging methadone detox can be. Methadone detox is very often far more serious in terms of symptoms of withdrawal and length of time detoxing than even heroin detoxification, and individuals can very easily go back to methadone to alleviate symptoms or even worse turn to heroin or prescription pain relievers to ease symptoms. This is why methadone detoxification should only be done under close supervision at a Hewitt drug treatment facility which has expertise in handling this type of detoxification, and where the individual who is detoxing can receive more extensive rehab services to handle all addiction issues.