Which of the following statements about iodine is false: (A) Contraindicated in hypeension, (B) Causes iodism, (C) Inhibits the realese of thyroxine, (D) Inhibits the synthesis of iodo thyroxine and iodo thyronine
Answer is A. Refer KDT 7/e p 254 Iodine iodides ate useful in Graves disease and make the gland shrink, firm and less vascular These can inhibit all facets of thyroid peroxidase as well as 5 deiodinase Later is involved in peripheral conversion of T4 to T3