Provided is an adhesive preparation management method for managing an adhesive state of an adhesive preparation with respect to an individual which has a body temperature, said method comprising: a step (1) of adhering an adhesive preparation upon an individual; a step (2) of sensing a temperature change which is caused by the adhesive preparation being adhered upon the individual; and a step (3) of determining, on the basis of whether the temperature change has occurred, whether the adhesive preparation has been adhered upon the individual.本發明之貼附製劑之管理方法係用以對貼附製劑相對於具有體溫之個體之貼附狀態進行管理者,且包括以下步驟:步驟(1),其係對個體貼附貼附製劑;步驟(2),其係偵測因貼附製劑貼附於個體而產生之溫度變化;及步驟(3),其係基於溫度變化之有無,判斷貼附製劑是否貼附於個體。