Editor in Chief Executive Editor Editorial Board Editor-in-chief Pharmacy Practice Communicator

Contents Editorial 2 Department of pharmacy practice-an over view 3 Evolving role of SGLT2 Inhibitors in the treatment of Type Diabetes Mellitus 4 Botox injection: Will it be the end of road to migraine. 5 Caroverine in Tinnitus Treatment 6 Pharmacist's role in mental health care 7 Flu like febrile illness while on Antitubercular Therapy 8 Recent events in Drug Discovery: 9 Telavancin hydrochloride Lenalidomide Ferric carboxymaltose The profession of pharmacy in India which was industry – centric so far is slowly becoming patient – centric in line with international scenario. Training pharmacists into patient counseling, therapeutic drug monitoring, adverse drug reaction monitoring and pharmacovigilence has become the focal point of the profession. A two year Post graduate course in Pharmacy practice and newly introduced Six year Pharm.D. Course, are centered on training in this area. These courses are designed to train the students in a clinical environment of a hospital where the skill acquisition is through ward round participation, analysis of cases, discussions, interactions with other health care professional and patient counselors. The pharmacy practice division of NGSM institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences in association with a 1200 bed K.S. Hegde Charitable Hospital, is providing the facilities to train the student in the nuances of clinical, hospital and community pharmacy, and also practice of pharmacotherapy and pharmacovigilence. In its endeavor to disseminate information to all health care professionals on the latest developments in the drug industries, profiles of newly approved drugs, current trends in drug treatment, and adverse events associated during their use, the department of Pharmacy Practice has brought out its 1 st quarterly newsletter " PHARMACY PRACTICE COMMUNICATOR " which we wish will be of use to other healthcare providers and also act as a platform for them to make their observations. I request the Doctors, Dentists, all other Paramedical professionals and researchers to share their professional experiences, observations and new learnings in the form of short communications or articles in the newsletter. Awaiting your observations and comments.