Comment by smt88

> It has a well documented side effect profile and drug interact profile known well before COVID came onto the scene.

You could have said the same about using aspirin to treat the flu, which we now know can be very dangerous[1].

Drugs also "interact" with diseases, leading to different (side) effects in patients with that disease than without it.

1. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/reyes-syndrom...