You can type in the name of the drug you are looking for and it will tell you the cost at your local pharmacies. It will also give you a little coupon that you can cut out and take to the pharmacy. Best Answer: Below is a portion taken from an online package insert of Concerta. In the Pharmacy I have always heard you cannot cut an extended release tab. Doctors give trusted answers on uses, effects, side-effects, and cautions: Dr. Nichol on what happens if you cut concerta in half: The CR pill is coated in a way that controls the time/speed the medication is released. Cutting it does not make it in to an IR formulation, it just makes the way the medicine will enter your system very unpredictable-not a good idea for a med with potential for. Concerta 54 mg is on a controlled release form of a tablet. Breaking the pill in half will break the system and making the acting ingredient to be readily available in the GI track, so you are going to absorb 27 mg right away on your blood stream. If you weren’t prescribed both of the medications together, I would not take them together. They're both schedule C drugs which means they have the potential for abuse and even though Concerta is a much more mild stimulant than Adderall, I wouldn't risk it. If Adderall or Concerta alone is not working for you, talk to your doctor about it and see if you can change dosages or the type of. I take Concerta 54 mg for Adult ADD. I know it is a stimulant. So unless you intend to be up all night do not take it before bed. Although it might be an idea if you work 3rd shift. My plan is to switch to a med I can take and slowly cut the pills in half and taper off. You can’t cut the concerta since it’s extends release. Please anyone give me an idea on what I should do to get off this. Can concerta be cut in half to give a half dose if you run out of med in another dose/? Posted 14 Nov 2012 • 3 answers. My son takes 72mg, and he was on 54mg, and we have some left. No, do not cut Concerta in half. They are a time release pill and this could release too much medication at once. Just give him the 54 mg.