Hi susan 212,   Taking Midrin/Maxalt everyday will not prevent Migraines. In fact taking these medications more than two to three days a week may indeed give you rebound headache, now called medication overuse headache (MOH.) More importantly, while you have MOH, no preventive medication on earth will work to prevent your Migraines. Continue reading more on Medication overuse headache: When the Remedy Backfires.  Our article on transformed Migraine is important to read also because we now have more evidence that certain medications - even NSAIDS - put us at an increased risk for this type of Migraine. Transformed Migraine - Risk Increased by Some Medications.   We also have a discussion forum that you may want to check out. To get to the forum, just look for the orange box marked "Manage" and click on the Migraine Forums link. Because our forums are maintained by a third party, you'll need to register for the forum. You can use the same information you used to create your community log-in if you like. If you want to go directly to the forum, you can click HERE.   Good luck Nancy