3 Vintage Scientific Big Pharma Drugs that Contained Ingredients Like HeroinAnthony Gucciardi Even following the subsequent ban on heroin being sold as a drug by Bayer after roughly 26 years of being sold to the public as a scientific medical cure, drugs were created to mimic heroin and sold to satiate the rabid market for the heavily addictive drug. But Bayers heroin product is not the end of the truly ridiculous vintage Big Pharma products that dominated the medical community for decades upon decades. Here are 3 vintage scientific Big Pharma products that are guaranteed to shock you: 1. Injectable Opium by Roche The creator of the first anti-depressant, which was removed in the early 60s due to extremely toxic side effects, Roche also had a popular product known as Injectable Whole Opium. Displayed in the American Journal of Surgery for readers to purchase, the injectable opium offers dependable pain relief among other health benefits. The 1940s injectable opium ad states that the product is bound to please you. Ironically sold as a cure for a host of ailments including morphine addiction, this horrendously addictive Bayer drug was sold to the public for 26 years before the United States congress banned its ability to be sold, manufactured, or imported. Before that, the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act simply allowed for Bayer to sell heroin as a prescription drug or really for any medical purpose. It wasnt until 1925, however, that the League of Nations Health Committee banned heroin (diacetylmorphine) taking 3 years to fully take effect. Pioneering the commercial creation of morphine for the global market and achieving massive financial gain, Merck also was a major player in the production of cocaine. In alliance with cocaine user Sigmund Freud, Merck created pharmaceutical cocaine and peddled it throughout the emerging markets to drug users. Keith Richards is also apparently a fan of pharmaceutical cocaine, previously hooked on heroin and a host of other drugs as well. Is it any coincidence that the new modern era of pharmaceutical drugs by these same companies actually kill more than now-illegal drugs like cocaine and heroin that they originally introduced into the system? Explore More: 