Lipitor 40mg medication can it be broken in half?

Question:

now lipitor comes in 20mg and 40mg tablets. me and my my mother both have high cholesterol and both are on the lipitor tablet. i am on the 40mg while mum is on the 20mg i have 2 prescription from the dr for lipitor 40mg (cause each time i go i get one just incase i don't go back for a little while). when i buy it i give one pack of the 40mg and give it to my mum, but because she is on the 20mg she just breaks it in half and takes it. in effectiveness this actually saves money too cause she can go for 2 months rather than only 1 month using this technique.

does anyone know if this tablet can be split and if split does it lose its effectiveness. the tablet doesn't have a break line so normally you can't break them, but according to website http://aids.about.com/od/generalinformat… you can. its not a different generic tablet it is the actual lipitor 40mg.

Answer:

That should be fine. You can always ask your pharmacist these questions as well.