What kind of pericarditis your husband has? How long your husband has the pericarditis?
Therapy depends from the type and etiology of the pericarditis. Pericarditis can be acute, chronic, intermittent, constrictive, causing effusion and tamponade etc. Pericarditis can be due to infection (viral, bacterial, yeast, parasite...), autoimmune disease, trauma, metabolic disorders, other heart disorders etc.