T1’s Farmacia is your last-minute meds stop before boarding
This Farmacia sits airside in Terminal T1, handy if you realize at Gate B or C that you forgot painkillers or stomach meds. It functions like a standard Spanish pharmacy: over-the-counter basics on shelves, prescription handling at the counter, all inside the Schengen side of MAD’s older terminal. Expect airport markups, but basic items like ibuprofen, bandages, and saline solution stay roughly in line with prices in central Madrid.
Opening hours in T1 tend to track main flight banks, roughly early morning to late evening, so you’re usually covered for departures from the 06:00–23:00 window. Product labels skew Spanish-first, though most staff handle basic English and can explain dosage or find an equivalent to your home-brand medicine. If you need something stronger than paracetamol 1 g, bring your prescription; Spanish rules in T1’s Farmacia match those on the street.
You’ll find the shop on the departures level of T1 after security, along the retail strip that runs toward the B-gate concourse. Stock typically includes travel-sized sunscreen, motion-sickness tablets, cold remedies, and basic first-aid kits, plus a few baby-care items like wipes and rash cream. Prices on cosmetics and dermo brands are higher than downtown Madrid, so save La Roche-Posay or Avène stock-ups for the city if you can.
Quick tip: snap a photo of your home medication box with dosage (e.g., 400 mg, 3x/day) before you reach MAD; show that at the Farmacia counter in T1 and staff can usually match you to the closest Spanish equivalent in under two minutes.