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Sometimes we, in order to treat more patients, we've had to reduce the doses of that drug. >> reporter: shortages may not be a new problem, those who monitor them for the american society of health system pharmacists counted 211 drugs in short supply last year and say it's not getting any better. >> it is getting worse because so far in 2011, if you look at just the first three months of the year, so the first 90 days of the year, we tracked 89 brand new shortages. that's almost, if you think about it, a new shortage a day. >> reporter: what is behind the shortages? the fda says manufacturing ...