macirish, welcome to S.R. i am so glad you are here. i do not know much about methadone treatment.i hear it works for some & others if doesn't. i just want to say there is plenty of help here for you & so many that are going thru what you are.keep coming back & learn what you can do for yourself & your children.any kind of drug abuse is hard core & it takes a lot of work that only your wife can do to get herself off of the pills.that is her recovery. i will pray for her,you & your children. read all the sticky at the top of the forum.