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A number of medications can interact with the HIV drug tipranavir (Aptivus), including the following:
- antidepressants, such as fluoxetine (Prozac), paroxetine (Paxil), and sertraline (Zoloft)
- the antipsychotic drugs pimozide (Orap) and quetiapine (Seroquel)
- migraine headache medicines called ergot alkaloids
- calcium channel blockers, such as diltiazem (Cardizem, Dilacor, Tiazac)
- immunosuppressants, such as cyclosporine (Neoral, Sandimmune)
- medications for diabetes, such as glimepiride (Amaryl), glipizide (Glucotrol) and glyburide (Micronase, Diabeta, others)
- other medications for HIV, including abacavir (Ziagen, in Epzicom, in Trizivir)
- statins, which treat high cholesterol, such as atorvastatin (Lipitor), lovastatin (Mevacor) and simvastatin (Zocor)
- antifungal medicines, such as Diflucan and Sporanox
- medicines for high blood pressure and heart conditions
- drugs that fight seizures
- estrogen replacement therapy and oral contraceptives
- drugs that treat erectile dysfunction, such as sildenafil (Viagra), tadalafil (Cialis) and vardenafil (Levitra)
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