Abstract: A scored tablet comprises Tapentadol or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof embedded in a prolonged release matrix material; wherein the scored tablet provides prolonged release of Tapentadol or the physiologically acceptable salt thereof; wherein the scored tablet has a site of mechanical weakness along which it can be manually broken into two separate halves preferably having essentially the same size, shape and weight; and wherein the in vitro release profile of the scored tablet essentially corresponds to the in vitro release profile of each of the two separate halves. Also disclosed is a process for the preparation of such a scored tablet.