Methadone detoxification is a process which should be undertaken by drug detox experts in an alcohol and drug rehabilitation facility that recognizes how difficult and challenging methadone detoxification can be. Methadone detox is very often far more severe when considering symptoms and duration than even heroin detox, and persons often go back to methadone to ease symptoms or worse yet turn to heroin or prescription narcotics to ease symptoms. Due to this methadone detox should only be undergone under with the help of staff at a Jemison drug detox facility which has experience in handling this type of detoxification, and where the individual who is detoxing can receive more extensive treatment services to overcome all addiction issues.