A wearable self-adhering drug dosage unit container includes: a substrate member a container member attached to a top side of the substrate member so as to be hermetically sealed and form a container having a fluid tight internal chamber, the internal chamber housing at least one drug dosage unit a medically acceptable adhesive layer on a bottom side of the substrate member, the medical adhesive layer having a medically acceptable adhesive capable of adhering the container to skin and a releasable liner on the adhesive layer. A method of administering a drug to a subject includes: providing a wearable self-adhering drug dosage unit container adhering the container to skin by contacting the adhesive layer to the skin wearing the container on the skin removing the container from the skin upon initiation of an acute medical event removing the drug dosage unit from the container and administering the drug.