i used to be a be a heroin addict... then i switched to methadone 70 miligrams and got down to 25mg and just cold durkied it im 5 days clean and still feel the with drawls.... no mattter what you d0 dont get him on methadone for long the withdrawls are worse then 0xy well at least a lot longer..... your idea id good though just give him like 5 miligrams of methad0me for two or three dasy... if he is stilll havin with drawls make him cold turky it well be a living hell but once he beats it he well feel like a million bucks hope i can help. ps hold on to the pills for him so you have control of the pills