In order to increase the efficiency of utilization of a variable cassette (41B) when a prescription control process is performed successively with respect to a plurality of items of prescription data, a medication dispensing device (4) is provided with: a variable cassette (41B) capable of dispensing an arbitrary type of medication； an attachment unit (42B) to which the variable cassette (41B) can be detachably attached； a drive control unit capable of causing a medication corresponding to the plurality of items of prescription data to be dispensed from a set； an allocation process unit (511) capable of allocating, to the variable cassette (41B) or the attachment unit (42B) on the basis of a plurality of items of prescription data, medication information pertaining to a medication to be dispensed that is included in the plurality of items of prescription data； and a drive control unit (562) capable of causing the variable cassette (41B) to be driven in accordance with a drive condition, which is set in advance in correspondence to the medication information allocated to the variable cassette (41B) or the attachment unit (42B) by the allocation process unit (511), thereby causing the medication corresponding to the plurality of items of prescription data to be dispensed from the variable cassette (41B).為了在連續實行關於複數個處方資料的處方控制處理的情況下，提高可變藥盒（41B）的利用效率，藥品配發裝置（4），具備：可變藥盒（41B），其可配發任意種類的藥品；安裝部（42B），其可裝卸前述可變藥盒（41B）；分配處理部（511），其可基於複數個處方資料，將該複數個處方資料所包含的配發對象的藥品的藥品資訊，分配到前述可變藥盒（41B）或前述安裝部（42B）；以及，驅動控制部（562），其可對應於藉由前述分配處理部（511）而被分配到前述可變藥盒（41B）或前述安裝部（42B）的前述藥品資訊，並根據預先設定的驅動條件來驅動前述可變藥盒（41B），以從該可變藥盒（41B）配發前述複數個處方資料所對應的藥品。
