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Country Access Report

Medical Access and Reimbursement in Spain

Spain publicly finances Spravato for a narrow severe TRD subgroup through specialist care. Ketamine psychiatric use is off-label and fragmented, while psilocybin, MDMA and other classical psychedelics remain controlled, investigational or exceptional-access only.

Access Level
Restricted Public Esketamine + Research Only
Compounds Covered
10
Active Trials
4

Access by Compound

Compound-specific notes summarise what is realistically available through approved medical use, clinical research, exceptional access, or private care where the country report has verifiable information.

Compound Access

Psilocybin

Controlled; research only

Psilocybin and psilocin are listed in Spain's psychotropic-control framework. Patient access should be described as clinical-trial or special-situations only, with no public evidence of a standing national compassionate-use programme. # # #

Compound Access

MDMA

Controlled; research only

MDMA is controlled in Spain. The historically important Madrid PTSD pilot does not create current routine access or reimbursement, and any lawful use remains research or exceptional-access based. # # #

Compound Access

Esketamine

Restricted public funding

Spravato is EU-authorised and listed in Spain. BIFIMED shows public financing from 1 November 2022 for adults aged 18-74 with severe TRD who have failed at least three antidepressant strategies, including one combination or augmentation strategy. The psychiatric-emergency indication is not publicly financed. # # #

Compound Access

Ketamine

Off-label psychiatric use; no national depression funding

Racemic ketamine is authorised as an injectable anaesthetic medicine, not as an antidepressant. Psychiatric use is therefore off-label, and no national depression-specific reimbursement route equivalent to Spravato was identified. # #

Compound Access

DMT

Controlled; no routine medical access

DMT is listed in Spain's controlled psychotropic framework. Research on DMT-related mechanisms exists historically through the ayahuasca line, but this does not translate into routine medical access or reimbursement. # #

Compound Access

5-MeO-DMT

Investigational; no routine medical access

5-MeO-DMT/mebufotenin should be framed as investigational in Spain. Barcelona-linked participation in GH001 research is a scientific signal, not an authorised or reimbursed treatment pathway. # #

Compound Access

Ibogaine

No routine medical access

No public evidence was identified for routine authorised ibogaine treatment or reimbursement in Spain. Any claim of access should be verified against AEMPS permissions and Spanish controlled-substance rules. # #

Compound Access

Ayahuasca

No authorised medical access

Ayahuasca is not an authorised medicine in Spain and recent court discussion should not be read as national medical legalisation. The safest access description is legally contested non-medical use, with no reimbursement pathway. # #

Compound Access

Mescaline

Controlled; no routine medical access

Mescaline is listed in Spain's psychotropic controls. No authorised medical access or reimbursement pathway was identified. #

Compound Access

2C-X

Controlled; no routine medical access

2C-family phenethylamines should be treated as controlled or unauthorised in Spain for medical access purposes. No routine clinical pathway or reimbursement route was identified. # #

Sources and Verification

Last updated 13 May 2026. Source links are drawn from citation annotations in the medical access and reimbursement guide.

  1. 1AEMPS narcotics and psychotropics page
  2. 2AEMPS special situations access route
  3. 3BIFIMED Spravato financing entry
  4. 4BOE consolidated psychotropics decree
  5. 5Bouso MDMA PTSD pilot paper
  6. 6CIMA Ketolar product information
  7. 7CIMA Spravato product information
  8. 8COMP006 ClinicalTrials.gov record
  9. 9EMA Spravato EPAR
  10. 10GH001 phase 2b publication notice
  11. 11ICEERS Spain ayahuasca legal note
  12. 12Riba ayahuasca human pharmacology paper