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Tipranavir (TPV), sold under the brand name Aptivus, is a medication used to treat HIV/AIDS in combination with ritonavir among others medications. It is used with similar medications are not effective. It is taken by mouth. It is used in those over the age of two years.

Common side effects include diarrhea, nausea, fever, tiredness, and headache. Other side effects may include intracranial bleeding, liver inflammation, liver failure, high blood sugar, and abnormal lipid levels. It is a protease inhibitor (PI) which blocks HIV protease.

Tipranavir was approved for medical use in the United States and Europe in 2005. In the United Kingdom it costs the NHS about £440 a month as of 2021. In the United States this amount costs about 1,800 USD.