Methadone detox is a course of action which should always be undertaken by drug treatment professionals in a drug and alcohol treatment facility that acknowledges how difficult and challenging methadone detox can be. Methadone detox is known to be significantly more serious when considering symptoms of withdrawal and length of time detoxing than even heroin detox, and persons often go back to methadone to relieve symptoms or even worse turn to heroin or prescription opioids to ease symptoms. Due to this methadone detoxification should only be undergone under with the help of treatment professionals at a Mission drug rehab which has expertise in addressing this form of detoxification, and where the individual who is detoxing may receive further rehabilitation services to address all addiction issues.