A medication management device that enables healthcare professionals and their families to immediately ascertain whether a patient has taken the medicine he/she should have taken at the correct time. The present invention with holding unit 12 capable of holding the packaged medicine 32, detection unit 15 capable of detecting changes in the state of holding unit 12, and judgment unit 16 to determine that medicine 32 has been removed when detection unit 15 detects a change in the state of holding unit 12, enables healthcare professionals and their families to immediately ascertain whether a patient has taken the medication he/she should have taken at the correct time.