...some anesthetics, the antibiotic vancomycin, the powerful painkiller fentanyl and a drug for reversing morphine overdoses, Narcan; rationed tetanus shots to the most vulnerable patients for months; and scrambled through shortages across whole classes of...

...and other surgeries after Wyeth abruptly quit making it, too. Also in short supply is the powerful painkiller fentanyl, and Narcan, used to reverse morphine overdoses. "We call and beg and plead" for doses, said Carla Gill, associate director of the...