Is it safe to discard the capsule and just ingest the contents?

i bought these 5-htp pills for my anxiety the other day, bu they only came in 200 mg doses. I want to limit myself to 100 mg per day, so i need to split these pills in half. I know that if i do this, the contents are going to make contact with my tongue, esophagus, etc. Are there any harmful effects of doing this?