I am a retired Navy veteran, I was medically retired in 1995 and prior to retirement the Doctor prescribed me Percocet 5mg 3 times a day. After I retired I went to the VA and they eventually put me on Methadone 2 times a day. I had a respiratory problem in 2008 and the Heart Doctor believed that the Methadone caused the problems. So in Feb 09, the VA put me on 75mg Morphine twice a day, with breakthrough Percocet. Over time the dosage was changed by a substitute Doctor to 120 mg twice a day. My pain has increased tremendously, I have no quality of life and I have developed a tolerance to the current Morphine dosage. I told my Doctor that I need to increase the dosage to 3 times a day, I have a multitude of problems. I was a police officer for 5 years until I was run over by a car in 2000. With my service connected injuries I now have chronic pain in my legs, my lower back hurts very badly. The Doctor is reluctant to increase my dosage and I am suffering big time. I am 54 and I really have no outside life, the meds last about 5 hours if I am lucky. My son has to help me sometimes to bathe, if I take the medicine I can perform limited tasks. What should I do? I didn t go into great detail.