My son is on methadone treatment. He started in June of this year. He goes to a clinic before work each day and on saturday they give him a bottle with his dose for Sunday. He sees a counselor there about once a week, more if he wants to. He also has nerve pain in his back and neck which this seems to help a lot. He does not have health insurance. It costs him $85 a week which is a lot cheaper than when he was stealing hundreds to buy his illegal pain pills or heroin. So far, so good. We'll see what happens if he gets off it buT i hear many people are on it for years.