I was on methadone for 2 years 2 different times for opiate addiction. Methadone will block the effects of other opiates. I became a slave to Methadone. I had to take it every day 7 days a week at $13 a pop with no days off. I had to dose every day that was the rule at the clinic. Detoxing off of methadone was a 16 day detox. Cold turkey. With a lot of pain and misery. The second time I detoxed off of methadone using suboxone. It took 6 weeks of tapering and was for the most painless. The cost of this detox was over $1,000. There is no easy way to detox from opiates. When he gets sick and tired of being sick and tired maybe he will go through what he has to go through to get clean from opiates. NA worked for me and a few good clean friends. Logo