No the way I started and the way most lupus patients start is one dose on Friday then Saturday morning then Saturday night. Since I got my dx of pulmonary fibrous I have not been on it since it caused the problems with my lungs and my liver. It caused cysts in my liver I forgot that part. Anyway some of my lupus first do take it once a week in the form of a shot.
In 2013 when my dads cancer came back he tried the chemo pills and it made him very sick. He told me he did not know how I could stand taking them for so long. And I just looked at him and said I had 2 kids to support a mortgage and a husband I did not have a choice.
Do some research on the drug and maybe try it if you want but please please beware of what that drug is capable of.
And ask me any questions if you want to do it in private that's fine to. I will not hold anything back. But I used to keep a pillow and a blanket in the bathroom from Friday night on till Tuesday. It was that bad for me but you might be different.
I will support you anyway I can