Som med anden anti- hiv- medicin kan patienter, der tager Kivexa, endvidere have øget risiko for at udvikle lipodystrofi (ændringer i fordelingen af kropsfedt), osteonekrose (henfald af knoglevæv) eller immunt reaktiveringssyndrom (infektionslignende symptomer, der skyldes, at immunsystemet genvinder sin funktion).
As with other anti-HIV medicines, patients taking Kivexa may be at risk of lipodystrophy (changes in the distribution of body fat), osteonecrosis (death of bone tissue) or immune reactivation syndrome (symptoms of infection caused by the recovering immune system).