Hemp pain patches are more effective than hemp that’s taken orally. Transdermal patches offer several advantages over oral hemp, according to a 2018 review of studies, among others. Hemp that’s taken orally is metabolized first by your liver and digestive tract before it starts circulating in your bloodstream. The improved bioavailability of a patch is because transdermal applications avoid something called first-pass metabolism, which happens when the amount of a drug absorbed is drastically reduced when taken orally because part of it is lost during the process of absorption through the liver and gut wall. This can lead to up to half or more of the oil being lost before it even begins to take effect. Oral digestion also means you have to wait much longer before hemp oil can begin to take effect. A Hemp pain patch gets the hemp oil and other healing ingredients directly into the bloodstream quickly, avoiding the liver and getting you quick relief plus more hemp into the bloodstream overall. It is truly the most effective way to take hemp extract for pain.