PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow medicines based on prescription data to be reliably taken out in a medicine storage for storing the medicines while cooling them.SOLUTION: The medicine storage 1 cools down a storage chamber 10 for storing the medicines to a prescribed temperature with a cooling device R. The storage comprises: a plurality of racks 4 rotatably provided in the storage chamber 10 storage compartments 31 which are provided for the respective racks 4 and stores the medicines a motor for rotating the racks openings 36 which are composed in correspondence to the respective rack and through which only medicines in any of the storage compartments can be taken out a plurality of doors 37 for closing the respective openings so that they are freely opened/closed a plurality of lock solenoids for locking the respective doors and a control unit for controlling the motor and the lock solenoids. The control unit rotates the racks on the basis of prescription data, to have prescribed storage compartments correspond to the openings, and unlocks the lock solenoids.COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT【課題】薬品を冷却しながら保管する薬品保管庫において、処方データに基づいた薬品が確実に取り出されるようにする。【解決手段】薬品保管庫1は、薬品を保管する保管室10内を冷却装置Rにより所定温度に冷却する。保管室10内において回転可能に設けられた複数段の棚4と、棚4それぞれに複数構成され、薬品を収納する収納区画31と、棚を回転させるモータと、各棚のそれぞれに対応して複数構成され、何れかの収納区画内の薬品のみを取り出し可能な開口36と、各開口をそれぞれ開閉自在に閉塞する複数の扉37と、各扉をそれぞれ施錠する複数のロックソレノイドと、モータ及びロックソレノイドを制御する制御装置を備える。制御装置は処方データに基づき棚を回転させて所定の収納区画を開口に対応させ、ロックソレノイドを解錠する。【選択図】図5