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WESTERLY — A former employee of a Westerly medical practice is facing drug charges after police said she illegally obtained the painkiller Percocet on at least four occasions since November.

The woman, Elisa M. Page, 35, of 33 Captains Drive, turned herself in this week after detectives obtained an arrest warrant. Westerly Police Capt. Shawn Lacey said the department began investigating in October after the federal Drug Enforcement Administration reported the prescriptions as possibly fraudulent.

Page, also known as Elisa Johnson, has been charged with five counts of using false representation to obtain a controlled substance. Page was cooperative during the investigation, police said, and was released on a promise to appear in Fourth Division District Court later this month.

“It’s a complicated case,” Lacey said. “At this point, our detectives were able to come to the conclusion that from the point the doctor was flagged, she was able to obtain a total of at least 315 Percocet pills through a combination of legitimate prescriptions and falsified information.”

According to police reports, Page had been working for and living with a Westerly doctor. She was also a patient of the doctor, the police said. Last October the doctor’s practice was flagged after Page submitted a prescription to a Rite-Aid pharmacy for 40 Percocets. Lacey said that the DEA will flag any account that issues more than 30 such pills at a time.

Lacey explained that Page had recently had surgery and that the department quickly realized that some of the prescriptions were legitimate, while others were not written by her doctor.

Further investigation determined that Page had access to office keys and the doctor’s computer, giving her the ability to write her own prescriptions, Lacey explained.

Between Nov. 16, 2016, and Feb. 19, police said Page illegally received four Percocet prescriptions totaling 130 pills. An Oct. 15 prescription for 40 pills was also determined to be obtained through false pretenses, the police said.

No charges have been filed against the doctor, and Lacey said Page no longer lives with or is employed by him. Local police and the DEA still consider the investigation to be ongoing, he said. It was not clear if additional charges could be filed in the case.