HI Nancy, we have seen many able to taper completely off the medicine or lower the dose significantly while on the SCD diet. Research also supports this and you can check it out here: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10620-016-4446-1 is the actual study and here is an overview -https://ibdnewstoday.com/16/bowel-disease-patients-may-benefit-from-specific-carbohydrate-diet/

HI Natasha, thanks for reaching out! By eating normally, I’m assuming you mean going back to consume whatever foods you like. This is different for everyone and something we all need to test and tweak. For example, some can have a slice of bread each week and feel fine. Other’s may react poorly to this and find that their symptoms come back quite quickly.

Josh