This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Endocrinology, Subject name: Pharmacology
Which of the following statements about iodine is false 
Select and explain. 
A. Contraindicated in hypeension, B. Causes iodism, C. Inhibits the realese of thyroxine, D. Inhibits the synthesis of iodo thyroxine and iodo thyronine
A: Contraindicated in hypeension
Answer: A: Contraindicated in hypeension 
Explanation: 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