There is provided a medicine packaging apparatus, which is capable of rapidly coping with errors occurring during processes. The medicine packaging apparatus includes: a medicine supply means 1 for supplying a medicine according to prescription data a medicine standby means 11 for temporarily holding the medicine supplied by the medicine supply means 1 and having the medicine stand by a printing means 2 for printing relevant data on a packaging paper according to the prescription data a packaging paper conveyance means for conveying a packaging paper 15 a medicine packaging means 3 for packaging the medicine supplied by the medicine supply means 1 into the packaging paper 15 in a packaging position and a control means 4 for allowing the packaging paper conveyance means to convey a relevant portion of the packaging paper 15, on which the relevant data is printed by the printing means 2, to the packaging position and allowing the medicine packaging means to package the corresponding medicine standing by in the medicine standby means 11.
