“…This interaction limits the administration of telaprevir in combination with RBV in patients presenting several comorbidities, such as renal impairment. Considering this high drug--drug interaction profile, there is a key population, because the high HCV prevalence and the use of concomitant medication, in which telaprevir is especially sensitive (such, HIV co-infected patients), due to telaprevir presents drug--drug interactions, requiring drug dose modification, with all the HIV protease inhibitor [61]. Third, telaprevir antiviral activity is weaker in patients with HCV-genotype 2 or 4, and there is a complete loss of effectiveness when is administered to patients infected with genotype 3.…”